Screenwriter Julian Fellowes has been known to borrow from history for his phenomenally successful period dramas before, and ...

The storyline, though fictional, echoes a very real chapter in Gilded Age history—the forced marriage of Consuelo Vanderbilt, ...

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

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

Gladys Russell's wedding dress in 'The Gilded Age' was inspired by Consuelo Vanderbilt, a real-life socialite of the era who ...

The Gilded Age fans have seen the Duke of Marlborough pop the question to Gladys Russell, but it's not clear if the couple ...

Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan, once a society fixture, is the real life inspiration behind one of the central characters in ...

Oscar Wilde, J.P. Morgan and Mamie Fish are a few of the real people who have appeared on the HBO historical series ...

Gladys Russell’s wedding gown in “The Gilded Age” was a couture creation inspired by real-life heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt.

Did Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan write her own book? In a bit of a literary twist, Consuela’s memoir "The Glitter and the Gold" topped the bestseller list for 20 weeks. Advertisement.

The marriage of Consuelo Vanderbilt may have been ill-fated, but the wedding remains one of the grandest in history—so much so that it inspired the HBO show The Gilded Age.