Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan (1877-1964) was a member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family. She became the Duchess of Marlborough on her marriage to the ninth Duke of Marlborough in 1895.
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A new edition of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan's memoir―the story of the 'real' Gladys Russell of The Gilded Age. Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful and the heir to a vast family fortune. She was also deeply in love with an American suitor... SEE MORE