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

Aside from taking walks on the Titanic's deck with Astor and Kitty, Madeleine mostly stayed in their first-class cabins C-62-64, which were considered the finest on the liner—perhaps for her ...

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 ...

UniversalImagesGroup//Getty Images First Class passengers on Titanic, Madeleine Force and John Jacob Astor had been on an extended honeymoon in Egypt and Paris and in the spring of 1912 ...

When the Titanic plunged headlong against a wall of ... John Jacob Astor, who was returning to New York with his bride, formerly Miss Madeline Force. Col. Astor’s holdings may amount to ...

When her mother found a job as a housekeeper on the Colgate family estate in Bennington, Vermont, she booked two second-class tickets on the Titanic for herself and 13-year-old Madeline.

Astor was on the Titanic with wife, Madeleine. The business tycoon, who was in his 40s, had married the 18-year-old on Sept. 11, 1911, according to the auction house. The newlyweds took an ...

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 ...

Not long before the famed ocean-liner Titanic sunk in the North Atlantic after plowing into an iceberg on a cold, dark April night in 1912, the richest passenger aboard helped his frightened bride ...

Alongside her husband, she was a passenger on the ill-fated RMS Titanic when it struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912. Madeleine, who was 18 years old and five months pregnant with her first child ...