News

The Secret History Behind the Spectacular Wedding Jewelry of Consuelo Vanderbilt—aka the real Gladys Russell
On November 6, 1895, the 18-year-old Consuelo Vanderbilt married Charles, the ninth Duke of Marlborough at St. Thomas’s ...
FirstCuriosity on MSN3h
‘The Gilded Age’: What Happened To Consuelo Vanderbilt, The Real Inspiration Behind Gladys Russell?
Consuelo Vanderbilt and Gladys Russell from 'The Gilded Age' (Image: Hulton Archive, HBO) The Gilded Age was an era of social climbing, flaming fortunes, and grounded revolutions that changed America ...
The Lavish Wedding of Consuelo Vanderbilt That Inspired The Gilded Age
They did, however, have an insanely lavish wedding.
Meet Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan: The inspiration for Gladys Russell from 'The Gilded Age'
Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan was a Palm Beach society fixture from the time she settled in Manalapan with her second husband ...
The Real-Life Miserable Marriage of Consuelo Vanderbilt That Inspired The Gilded Age
Consuelo Vanderbilt was the best known “dollar princess”—or, American heiresses that English aristocrats married for their ...
Inside Gladys Russell's real-life unhappy marriage to the Duke in The Gilded Age
The Gilded Age fans have seen the Duke of Marlborough pop the question to Gladys Russell, but it's not clear if the couple ...
The glamorous life of Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, the millionaire socialite whose life inspired HBO's 'The Gilded Age'
Alva Belmont was a prominent Gilded Age socialite who married a Vanderbilt railroad heir. Later in life, she became a women's ...
Artnet News5d
How John Singer Sargent Found His Way Onto Hit Period Drama ‘The Gilded Age’
John Singer Sargent is a minor character in the third season of HBO's "The Gilded Age"—but he was the major high society ...
See inside Eagle's Nest, the 42-acre New York Vanderbilt estate where a Gilded Age heir built his sprawling mansion
Eagle's Nest was built for William K. Vanderbilt II between 1910 and 1936, and is now home to a museum, planetarium, hiking ...