Socialite Madeleine Astor was 18 years old and five months pregnant when she boarded the RMS 'Titanic.' Here's the story of ...

"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 ...

To escape the scandal, the newlyweds decided to travel overseas. But after Madeleine became pregnant, John Jacob Astor booked them a trip back to New York in April 1912. He chose the most ...

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 ...