![]() Always obedient and gullible, Consuelo married the duke on Novemat St. Her daughter was not interested, but Alva cajoled, begged, manipulated, and ultimately ordered her to go through with the marriage. Though Consuelo was secretly engaged to Winthrop Rutherfurd, Alva arranged a marriage with Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough, a land-rich and cash-poor British noble who was the cousin and close friend of Winston Churchill. Consuelo's stunning beauty and fortune ensured that she was never without a suitor, and her mother had grand plans for her daughter's marriage. Her Spanish name was in honor of her godmother, half-Cuban socialite Maria Consuelo Yznaga del Valle. ![]() She was the only daughter of railroad millionaire William Kissam Vanderbilt and his wife, southern belle and suffragist Alva Erskine Smith. American socialite heiress, Duchess of Marlborough. ![]()
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