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

After the ship’s massive bronze propellors rose from the sea and the Titanic plunged like a javelin into the icy North Atlantic, Astor went down with it. Madeleine survived. She was among ...

Months before his death, 47-year-old real estate developer John Jacob Astor IV scandalized New York high society by marrying ...

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 ...