Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan was a Palm Beach society fixture from the time she settled in Manalapan with her second husband ...

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 ...

Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan was a Palm Beach society fixture from the time she settled in Manalapan with her second husband until her death in 1964.

On November 6, 1895, the 18-year-old Consuelo Vanderbilt married Charles, the ninth Duke of Marlborough at St. Thomas’s ...

The character of Gladys Russell on HBO's "The Gilded Age" is based on the real Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, a Gilded Age socialite who was forced to marry the Duke of Marlborough. While its unclear ...