Madeleine Astor was 18 and pregnant when the Titanic went down; she remarried twice and enjoyed a life of privilege, ...

NEW YORK, April 16, 1912 (UP) - Seldom in the history of navigation has a steamer carried so many noted persons as thronged the Titanic on her maiden trip. Hardly any of the noted passengers were ...

In 1911, a teenaged socialite named Madeleine Talmage Force rose from relative obscurity to land one of the greatest eligible bachelors of her era: a newly divorced Colonel John Jacob Astor IV ...

An American buyer won the bidding war for John Jacob Astor IV's 14-carat gold ... was completely restored after being returned to Colonel Astor's family and worn by his son making it a unique ...

John Jacob Astor IV's watch is among a number ... "The watch itself was completely restored after being returned to Colonel Astor's family and worn by his son making it a unique part of the ...

Colonel John Jacob Astor IV died in the sinking of the Titanic. His wife Madeleine survived and later gave birth to a son, John Jacob VI. He would become one of the most famous Astors simply for ...

The story of the Astor family is one of immense fortune, ambition, tragedy, and scandal. It all began with John Jacob Astor, ...

Astor Place in New York's Greenwich Village is named for John Jacob Astor, America's first multi-millionaire. "John Jacob Astor and then his son, for generations, they were just buying up parcels ...

A gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor IV, a member of the wealthy Astor family and the richest man aboard the Titanic, sold for a record-breaking £1.175 million ($1.485 million) at auction on ...