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  2. George Washington Vanderbilt II - Wikipedia

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    George Washington Vanderbilt, John Singer Sargent, 1890 George W. Vanderbilt II was the youngest child of William Henry Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa Kissam. Though there is no evidence to suggest that he referred to himself using a numerical suffix, various sources have called him both George Washington Vanderbilt II and III.

  3. Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt - Wikipedia

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    She was the daughter, and only child, [5] of George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862–1914) and Edith Stuyvesant Dresser (1873–1958). [6] Her father, the youngest child of William Henry Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa (née Kissam) Vanderbilt, built a 250-room mansion, the largest privately owned home in the United States, which he named Biltmore ...

  4. Vanderbilt family - Wikipedia

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    After that, his son William Henry Vanderbilt acquired his father's fortune, and was the richest American until his death in 1885. The Vanderbilts' prominence lasted until the mid-20th century, when the family's 10 great Fifth Avenue mansions were torn down, and most other Vanderbilt houses were sold or turned into museums in what has been ...

  5. Edith Stuyvesant Gerry - Wikipedia

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    On June 1, 1898, she married George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862–1914), the owner of the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina.Together, they had one daughter Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt (1900–1976), who married John Francis Amherst Cecil (1890–1954), son of Lord William Cecil and Mary Rothes Margaret Tyssen-Amherst, 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney.

  6. Why Gloria Vanderbilt did not leave an inheritance for son ...

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    Vanderbilt inherited a trust fund that was worth $5 million in 1925 (roughly $70 million today) after her father's death, and according to celebritynetworth.com, was worth $200 million at the time ...

  7. All About the Real-Life Mansion Where Hallmark's “A ... - AOL

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    Located in Asheville, N.C., the Biltmore Estate is a 250-room property built for George Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895. Over the years, the estate, which is still owned by Vanderbilt's ...

  8. George H. V. Cecil - Wikipedia

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    Upon the death of his mother, Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt, George was given the choice of taking over Biltmore Farms (the family dairy) or the Estate. [ 3 ] Leaving the estate for his younger brother William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil , George chose to take ownership of Biltmore Farms which, at the time, was much more profitable.

  9. Behind the scenes of Hallmark's 'A Biltmore Christmas ... - AOL

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    In 1895, famed entrepreneur George Vanderbilt first celebrated Christmas at the 250-room Biltmore House ― dubbed “America’s Largest Home” ― at the 8,000-acre estate, and the holiday ...