Months before his death, 47-year-old real estate developer John Jacob Astor IV scandalized New York high society by marrying ...

"If J.J. Astor (John Jacob Astor IV) had survived, I’m not convinced life for him — even with all of his money — would have been so great.” In 1916, Madeleine married Brooklyn-society childhood friend ...

John Jacob Astor VI levels specific allegations against Brooke Astor, saying she tricked her husband, Vincent Astor (John Jacob's half-brother) into changing his will. John Jacob alleges that ...

"If J.J. Astor (John Jacob Astor IV) had survived, I’m not convinced life for him — even with all of his money — would have been so great.” In 1916, Madeleine married Brooklyn-society ...

More than a century ago, after losing her husband on the Titanic's disastrous voyage Madeleine Talmage Astor rose to prominence in Palm Beach, where she leased oceanfront estates, socialized and ...