Socialite Madeleine Astor was 18 years old and five months pregnant when she boarded the RMS 'Titanic.' Here's the story of what led to her journey—and how she survived it.

Months before his death, 47-year-old real estate developer John Jacob Astor IV scandalized New York high society by marrying 18-year-old socialite Madeleine Talmage Force. To make the news even ...

As one of America's wealthiest Gilded Age dynasties, the Astor family's money and influence still make waves.

After the Titanic sunk with her husband John Jacob Astor IV aboard, Madeline Talmage Astor became a rich widow who often visited Palm Beach ...

John Jacob Astor IV, the wealthiest passenger on the Titanic, perished in the disaster while his pregnant wife, Madeleine, survived. The couple's significant age difference and Astor's recent ...

Madeleine and John Jacob Astor IV, considered among the richest man in the world during the Gilded Age, departing from the Astor mansion in New York in 1911.

An often-forgotten survivor of the Titanic was John Jacob “Jakey” Astor VI, the “Titanic Baby,” who was in his mother’s womb when the ship sank, and his father perished in the wreck, on ...

A 14-carat timepiece belonging to John Jacob Astor IV, the wealthiest passenger aboard the ill-fated Titanic, sold for nearly $1.5 million at auction.

Socialite Madeleine Astor was just 18 years old—and five months pregnant—when she boarded the doomed liner.

An often-forgotten survivor of the Titanic was John Jacob “Jakey” Astor VI, the “Titanic Baby,” who was in his mother’s womb when the ship sank, and his father perished in the wreck, on April 15, 1912 ...