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The Vanderbilt family is a significant international family with Dutch origins, they were highly prominent during the 19th century due to family patriarch Cornelius Vanderbilt's railroad and shipping empires. The family is known for 'building America's railroads'. His descendants went on to build great Fifth Avenue mansions, Newport, Rhode Island summer cottages, the famous Biltmore Houseand various other exclusive homes. The family members were the leaders of the high society scene and the Gilded Age, until the early 20th century, when the ten great Fifth Avenue mansions were torn down and fellow Vanderbilt homes were sold as museums and the like. The family suffered from a major downfall in prominence by the mid-20th century, known as the Fall of the House of Vanderbilt.[1] Despite the family's downfall and major loss of fortunes, the Vanderbilts remain the seventh wealthiest family in history
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He had over $100 million at his peak in the railroad business.
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What was cornelius vanderbilts buisnesses?
railroads and steamships
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Issac E Emerson
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Anchor DownGo 'DoresConquer and PrevailMaybe Next Year
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Is a vanderbilt diamond ring expensive?
The Vanderbilts' are "old money". They were wearing diamonds back in 1910 and Large diamonds at that. Any piece of diamond that was genuinely owned by the them should be classified as an antique and quite expensive. If you were planning to buy one, an auction house like Christies will be your best bet.
Did any families suffer losses on the Lusitania and titanic?
If any, no families that share victims of both vessels come to mind - but the Vanderbilts almost had that status. Alfred Gwinne Vanderbilt lost his life in the sinking of Lusitania and George Washington Vanderbilt II WOULD have sailed Titanic but his family begged him not to.
