Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, Duchess of Marlborough

Portrait of Consuelo Vanderbilt (1877 - 1964), American heiress and first wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough. She married the duke in 1895 after being coerced into the marriage by her mother. After her divorce in 1920, she devoted much of her time to social welfare and was married again, to Colonel Jacques Balsan. Pictured here wearing a spectacular Cartier necklace fashioned like a bow

Aristocrat Balsan Cartier Consuelo Heiress Jewels Marlborough Vanderbilt

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