Is Anderson Cooper related to Consuelo Vanderbilt?


Is Anderson Cooper related to Consuelo Vanderbilt? Consuelo Vanderbilt is the third of her name — her great great grandmother and great great great aunt were both Consuelo Vanderbilts — and is the third cousin, twice removed, of Anderson Cooper, the CNN journalist.


Why did Cornelia Vanderbilt leave the Biltmore?

Around 1932, reportedly finding life at Biltmore too dull, she moved to New York City to briefly study art, leaving her husband to manage Biltmore.


How much did Gloria Vanderbilt leave Anderson Cooper?

ANDERSON COOPER INHERITS $1.5 MILLION FROM HIS MOTHER, GLORIA VANDERBILT.


Was Princess Diana related to Consuelo Vanderbilt?

Consuelo's children, John Albert Edward William Spencer-Churchill and Ivor Charles Spencer-Churchill share a common ancestor with Princess Diana; his name was James Hamilton, Duke of Abercorn. The Duke of Abercorn was their great-grandfather and is Prince William's 4th great-grandfather.


Is Anderson Cooper a descendant of the Vanderbilts?

Cooper was born into the famed Vanderbilt dynasty—his great-great-great-grandfather was shipping and railroad tycoon, Cornelius Vanderbilt.


How much did Gloria Vanderbilt inherit from her father?

From her father's first marriage to Cathleen Neilson, she had one elder half-sister, Cathleen Vanderbilt. Upon their father's death from cirrhosis when Vanderbilt was 18 months old, she and her half-sister became heiresses to a half share each in a $5 million trust fund, equivalent to $83 million in 2022 value.