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welcome to done and done i'm alicia your hostess on this podcast journey all things dominic

done where nothing is linear and everything is

connected. In this episode, it is the last of our trio of American girls this week, and

let's connect the threads. This episode brings us the glitter and the gold of Consuelo

Vanderbilt, daughter of Alva Vanderbilt, BFFs to

our last two profilees, Jenny Jerome, and this Consuelo's namesake, Consuelo is Naga.

These are pretty big shoes to fill, at least according to this Consuelo's mother, because only a Duke will do.

But then we have to answer at what cost happiness.

Truly, Consuelo Vanderbilt's life is the glitter and the gold.

Let's investigate. Oh, my investigators, let's do a little refresher here.

We have talked about the Vanderbilt's in a whole series on Done and Done,

but it's always a great idea to start with the money.

When Cornelius Vanderbilt, remember the Commodore, dies in 1877, he had an estimated

$105 million. This is over $2.6 billion today. The Commodore will leave 95% of that $105 million eldest son William. In the nine years from when

William inherits his father's fortune into his own death, William doubles the amount his father left

him. This William Vanderbilt has four sons, Cornelius Jr., William K., Frederick, and George.

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 in this episode, Consuelo Vanderbilt. His brother, Cornelius Jr.,

would eventually become the grandfather of Gloria Vanderbilt.

George Vanderbilt, another one of those Vanderbilt brothers, the youngest of William's sons,

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