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Consuelo Vanderbilt-Balsan (formerly Consuelo Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough; born Consuelo Vanderbilt; 2 March 1877 – 6 December 1964) was an American socialite and member of the Vanderbilt family. Her first marriage to the 9th Duke of Marlborough has become a well-known example of the advantageous, but loveless marriages common ...
John Winthrop Chanler (uncle) Henry White (brother-in-law) Anne Harriman Vanderbilt (sister-in-law) Winthrop Chanler Rutherfurd (February 4, 1862 – March 19, 1944) was an American socialite from New York, best known for his romance with Consuelo Vanderbilt and his marriage to Lucy Mercer, mistress to American President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Jacques Balsan. Jacques Balsan. Louis Jacques Balsan (September 16, 1868 – November 4, 1956) was a French aviator and industrialist, born at Châteauroux (Indre) in 1868, who was the second husband of society beauty Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough. He married her immediately after her divorce from the 9th Duke of Marlborough in 1921.
Consuelo Vanderbilt, who married the 9th Duke of Marlborough in 1895, with her son, The Marquess of Blandford, in 1899. She later married Jacques Balsan and moved to Palm Beach.
Picture this: Consuelo Vanderbilt, a swan-like figure with blonde tresses and gold jewels, is holding court in the Guggenheim Museum amongst old friends and VIPs alongside legendary Latin music ...
Consuelo Vanderbilt’s ducal marriage flamed out, and at its cancellation Alva testified that she had forced her child into it: “My hold on my daughter has always been absolute.”
Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough, KG, TD, PC (13 November 1871 – 30 June 1934), styled Earl of Sunderland until 1883 and Marquess of Blandford between 1883 and 1892, was a British soldier and Conservative politician, and a close friend of his ...
Alva Belmont (mother-in-law) Consuelo Vanderbilt (sister-in-law) Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt (1901 - August 6, 1978) was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was one of the first women to compete in the America's Cup alongside her husband, Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, in 1934 and 1937.