Dorothea (Astor) Langdon (1795-1874)

Mrs Dorothea (Astor) Langdon

She was born in New York and to the fury of her father eloped with her husband during the War of 1812 after a whirlwind romance. The Langdons preferred Europe to America. In the 1840s, in an effort to entice his daughter to stay in New York, Dorothea's father bought her not only what would become the Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park, but also The Langdon House in Manhattan. In 1847, her husband died and by 1852 Dorothea left America permanently for Europe, living off the $200,000 left to her by her father. She died in 1874 at Nice on the French Cote-d'Azur. She had six children.

Parents (2)

John Jacob Astor

Founder of the American Fur Company & Real Estate Baron of New York City

1763-1848

Sarah (Todd) Astor

Mrs Sarah Cox (Todd) Astor

1762-1842

Spouse (1)

Col. Walter Langdon

of Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York

1788-1847

Children (7)

John Jacob Astor Langdon

John Jacob Astor Langdon, died in early adulthood, unmarried

1816-1837

Eliza (Langdon) Wilks

Mrs Eliza Astor (Langdon) Wilks

1818-1896

Louisa (Langdon) Kane

Mrs Louisa Dorothea (Langdon) Kane

1821-1894

Walter Langdon Jr.

Walter Langdon Jr., of Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York

1823-1894

Woodbury Langdon

Woodbury Langdon, of New York City

1824-1867

Cecilia (Langdon) de Nottbeck

Mrs Cecilia (Langdon) de Nottbeck

1828-1906

Eugene Langdon

of Hyde Park, New York

1831-1866

Associated Houses (3)

Astor Mansion

Hellgate, New York

The Langdon House

47 Astor Place, Manhattan, New York

Vanderbilt Mansion

Hyde Park, New York