Alva Belmont was a prominent Gilded Age socialite who married a Vanderbilt railroad heir. Later in life, she became a women's ...

Marble House, a Newport mansion built by the Vanderbilt family, was the setting for scenes filmed for HBO's "The Gilded Age.

Alva Vanderbilt's 39th birthday present from her husband was a 140,000-square-foot summer "cottage" on the shores of Newport, Rhode Island. As heir to the Vanderbilt family fortune during the Gilded ...

NEWPORT – George Russell survived the Season 3 finale of "The Gilded Age," but is his marriage to Bertha long for this world? Not if the experience of the real-life socialite on whom Bertha is based ...

CHMNK copy 39088019486596 Donated by Jack Gray in honor of Nina Gray. When Consuelo's grandfather died, he was the richest man in America. Her father soon started to spend the family fortune, ...

Before Bertha Russell ever stepped foot on HBO’s The Gilded Age, there was a real-life force of nature who rewrote the rules of New York society—Alva Vanderbilt. This video explores the jaw-dropping ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alva Belmont, then WK Vanderbilt's wife, costumed for a fancy dress ball which she gave in March of 1883.Bettmann/Getty Images ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marble House viewed from the backyard. Marble House was completed in 1892 as a summer home for William K. Vanderbilt and Alva ...

In 1875, the strong-willed Alva Smith married an heir to the Vanderbilt fortune in order to save her own family from further descent into genteel poverty. Twenty years later, she compelled her ...

Julian Fellowes, the creator of the HBO show "The Gilded Age," didn't have to make up too much of the show's drama. Alva Vanderbilt Belmont's biography provided plenty of material. As a Gilded Age ...