Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough

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Consuelo Balsan (formerly, Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough; born Consuelo Vanderbilt) (2 March 1877 – 6 December 1964), was a member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family. Her marriage to the Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough became an international emblem of the socially advantageous, but loveless marriages common during the Gilded Age.









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[ChristyLeReveur]

I love all these paintings about her. She looks really elegant too. But her life was really sad. I wish she had a better marriage with her first husband.