0:00.0	Welcome to Dun & Dun. I'm Alicia, your hostess on this podcast journey, All Things Dominic Dunn, where nothing is linear and everything is connected.
0:11.0	In this episode, it is the last of our trio of American girls this week and let's connect the threads.
0:18.9	This episode brings us the glitter and the gold of Consuelo Vanderbilt, daughter of Alva Vanderbilt,
0:27.3	BFFs to our last two profilees, Jenny Jerome, and this Consuelo's namesake, Consuelo is Naga.
0:36.8	These are pretty big shoes to fill, at least according to this Consuelo's namesake, Consuelo is Naga. These are pretty big shoes to fill, at least according to this Consuelo's mother, because
0:42.4	only a Duke will do.
0:45.6	But then we have to answer at what cost happiness.
0:51.1	Truly, Consuelo Vanderbilt's life is the glitter and the gold. Let's investigate. Oh, my investigators, let's do a little refresher here.
1:19.0	We have talked about the Vanderbilt's in a whole series on Dun & Done, but it's always a great idea to start with the money.
1:27.6	When Cornelius Vanderbilt, remember the Commodore, dies in 1877, he had an estimated
1:34.7	$105 million.
1:38.4	This is over $2.6 billion today.
1:42.7	The Commodore will leave 95% of that 105 million to his eldest son, William.
1:51.1	In the nine years from when William inherits his father's fortune into his own death,
1:57.0	William doubles the amount his father left him.
2:08.8	This William Vanderbilt has four sons, Cornelius Jr., William K., Frederick, and George.
2:21.4	When William dies in 1885, he will pass his fortune onto his wife and children with the largest amounts going to his two oldest sons, Cornelius Jr. and William K. Vanderbilt. William K. Vanderbilt is the father of the Consuelo we are talking about
2:29.4	in this episode, Consuelo Vanderbilt. His brother, Cornelius Jr., would eventually become the grandfather of
2:38.0	Gloria Vanderbilt. George Vanderbilt, another one of those Vanderbilt brothers, the youngest of
2:44.4	William's sons, will go on to build Biltmore in Asheville, North Carolina. As mentioned, Consuelo Vanderbilt was the daughter of
2:53.9	William K. Vanderbilt and Alva Smith Vanderbilt. Alva herself was born January 17, 1853 in Mobile,
3:03.1	Alabama. And Alva's family, summers in Newport, Rhode Island. Alva, remember, is best friends with
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