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

On Season 3 of HBO’s The Gilded Age, a similar saga plays out. Gladys Russell is betrothed—against her will but to her mother ...

Consuelo Vanderbilt was the best known “dollar princess”—or, American heiresses that English aristocrats married for their ...

They did, however, have an insanely lavish wedding.

Screenwriter Julian Fellowes has been known to borrow from history for his phenomenally successful period dramas before, and now, it seems that The Gilded Age creator has used the tragic tale of ...

The wedding of the century is at last upon us as Gladys Russell (Taissa Farmiga) prepares to marry the Duke of Buckingham on ...

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

The Duke of Buckingham (right) from The Gilded Age appears to be inspired by Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough (left), who inherited his position in 1892 and immediately set off ...

The Gilded Age's Duke of Buckingham isn't based on a real historical figure, but his inclusion in Season 3 could hint at what's coming for Gladys.

Consuelo Vanderbilt and Gladys Russell from 'The Gilded Age' (Image: Hulton Archive, HBO) The Gilded Age was an era of social climbing, flaming fortunes, and grounded revolutions that changed America ...

Only time will tell if the life of Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough hints at what's to come for Gladys on the HBO period ...