Gladys Moore Vanderbilt
Gladys Moore Vanderbilt , better known as Countess Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsövidék (born August 27, 1886 in Newport , Rhode Island , † January 29, 1965 in Washington, DC ) was a member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family .
Life
Gladys Moore Vanderbilt was the seventh and youngest child of the wealthy businessman and financier Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843-1899) and his wife Alice Claypoole Gwynne (1845-1934); and thus great-granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt . During the summer months of her youth, she stayed at her family home in Newport, Rhode Island. She was educated there by private tutors and at the exclusive Brearley School in New York.
On January 27, 1908, the billionaire's daughter married in New York the Hungarian Count László Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsövidék (1879–1938), the fourth son of Count Dionys Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsövidék and his French wife Emilie de Riquet-Chimess de Caraman . The marriage had five children:
- Cornelia (1908–1958) ⚭ 1933 Eugene Roberts (1898–1983)
- Alice (1911–1974) ⚭ 1931 Count Adalbert Hadik de Futak (1905–1971)
- Gladys (1913-1978)
- ⚭ 1935–1946 ( canceled ) Guy Finch-Hatton, 15th Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham (1911–1950)
- ⚭ 1954 Arthur Talbot Peterson (1905–1962)
- Sylvia (1918–1998) ⚭ 1949 Count Anton Szapáry de Muraszombath (1905–1972)
- Ferdinandine (* 1923) ⚭ 1946 Alexander Graf von und zu Eltz (1911–1977)
In the following years the couple made extensive trips through Europe and Egypt . On one of these trips, they made friends with Duchess Sophie von Hohenberg , wife of the Austrian heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand . The count couple were welcome guests at Miramare Castle near Trieste .
During the First World War , Countess Széchenyi raised money for various aid organizations. Despite the lack of training as a nurse , as Gladys's sister she cared for the injured in the hospitals on the Western Front during the war . After the war she was awarded the Order of the Croix de Guerre by the French government for her services . After the death of her husband in 1938, Countess Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsövidék withdrew into private life. She died of a heart attack .
Name in different phases of life
- 1886–1908 Gladys Moore Vanderbilt
- 1908–1938 Countess Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsövidék
- 1938–1965 The widow Countess Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsövidék
Worth mentioning
- Her older sister, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942), was a well-known sculptor and art patron. She donated the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City .
- Her brother, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt (1877-1915), died on the RMS Lusitania after the ship in the Irish Channel from the submarine U 20 of the Imperial German submarine Navy was torpedoed.
- Her cousin, Consuelo Vanderbilt , was married to the British politician Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough .
literature
- Arthur T. Fortune: The Fall of the House of Vanderbilt , New York: William Morrow & Co. (1989)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to Online Gotha, László was the brother and not the son of Dionys Széchenyi.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vanderbilt, Gladys Moore |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vanderbilt, Gladys; Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsövidék, Gladys Countess |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newport , Rhode Island |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 1965 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |