Gilded Heiresses

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A Birthday & Fire Horse Special: “Married at 23 — Very Brilliantly”
Alberta, Fortune-Tellers, and a Fire Horse Birthday
 • Julie Montagu
All About Alberta: Versailles Through the Eyes of a Future Dollar Princess
In January 1890, gold dazzled, white suited, and a future Countess was already learning the script of society.
 • Julie Montagu
Gilded Age Deep Dive: Valentine's Day
And we thought dating was complicated now? Try the 19th century.
 • Julie Montagu
How Gilded Age women used portraits to define themselves
Portraits and Power of Gilded Heiresses
 • Julie Montagu
8:55
Lost Mansions of the Gilded Age
Alberta, Family Houses, and What Survives
 • Julie Montagu
Gilded Age Deep Dive: The Era’s Most Scandalous Forbidden Love Stories
Sometimes love has consequences…
 • Julie Montagu
Live with Julie Montagu
A recording from Julie Montagu's live video
 • Julie Montagu
33:05

January 2026

A Guided Walk Through the East Wing of Buckingham Palace (by ear, not by lens)
In the world Alberta — 9th Countess of Sandwich — would have known
 • Julie Montagu
14:38
How Britain’s Country Estates Became Winter Playgrounds for Heiresses
Where frost met firelight, and privilege did the rest.
 • Julie Montagu
The Rise of Steam: How Gilded Heiresses Travelled
A sneak peek at what's to come
 • Julie Montagu
8:20
A Dollar Princess and Four Hundred Wedding Presents
The newspapers, as newspapers always do, got there first.
 • Julie Montagu
Consuelo Vanderbilt at Blenheim: Marriage, Money, and the Cost of a Title
I filmed this at Blenheim a couple of years ago, during a period when I was spending long days immersed in Consuelo’s world — walking the rooms, reading…
 • Julie Montagu
1:14:14
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