![]() ![]() She was quite possibly the most celebrated of all the young heiresses who captured the attention of Gilded Age Americans, and her wedding was the peak of a trend that had, in recent decades, taken the world by storm: American girls, born to the richest men in the country, marrying British gentlemen with titles and centuries of noble lineage behind them.Ĭonsuelo’s catch was considered one of the finest-Charles Spencer-Churchill, the future Ninth Duke of Marlborough, who stood to become lord of Blenheim, an estate second only to Buckingham Palace. ![]() ![]() Crowds lined Fifth Avenue, hoping to catch a glimpse of the bride on her way to St. Consuelo Vanderbilt’s wedding day had finally arrived, and all of New York (and then some) was aflutter. ![]()
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