July 30, 2025

058: Alva and Consuelo Vanderbilt Part 2: Marriage to the Duke of Marlborough, Learning the Ins and Outs of English Society, and The Downfall of a Loveless Marriage

058: Alva and Consuelo Vanderbilt Part 2: Marriage to the Duke of Marlborough, Learning the Ins and Outs of English Society, and The Downfall of a Loveless Marriage

Hello! In this weeks episode we are continuing our look at Alva and Conseulo Vanderbilt. This weeks episode focuses on the marriage between the Duke and newly minted Duchess Consuelo. The Begining of the end came rather quickly for these two and we most definetly discuss that in this episode. 

Sources for today's episode include the husband hunters: American Heiresses Who Married Into the British Aristocracy by Anne Decourcy

Consuelo and alva Vanderbilt: The story of a mother and a Daughter in the Gilded Age by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart

 

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