Countess Széchenyi was born Gladys Moore Vanderbilt, in 1886, the seventh and youngest child of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, the President and Chairman of the New York Central Railroad. Gladys grew up in the family home on Fifth Avenue in New York City, and their summer cottage, The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island.
Gladys Vanderbilt married Hungarian Count László Széchenyi on 27 January 1908 in New York.
From this union came five daughters only the youngest of whom survives today (2008).
1 Cornelia
2 Gladys
3 Alice
4 Sylvia
5 Ferdinandine
Countess Széchenyi was born Gladys Moore Vanderbilt, in 1886, the seventh and youngest child of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, the President and Chairman of the New York Central Railroad. Gladys grew up in the family home on Fifth Avenue in New York City, and their summer cottage, The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island.
Gladys Vanderbilt married Hungarian Count László Széchenyi on 27 January 1908 in New York.
From this union came five daughters only the youngest of whom survives today (2008).
1 Cornelia
2 Gladys
3 Alice
4 Sylvia
5 Ferdinandine
Family Members
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- Find a Grave Széchenyi or Vanderbilt