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The $10 Million Dowry That Bought a Count and Destroyed a Marriage

This documentary explores the true story of Anna Gould, the American heiress whose ten-million-dollar dowry purchased a European title and ignited one of the most infamous aristocratic marriages of the Gilded Age. Born into immense railroad wealth, Anna entered French high society through her marriage to Count Boni de Castellane, a union driven more by money and status than love. Behind the glittering salons of Paris lay financial exploitation, public humiliation, and a marriage slowly collapsing under excess and scandal. Drawing on historical records, press accounts, and elite society correspondence, this film reveals how wealth reshaped European nobility at the turn of the twentieth century. Anna Gould’s story exposes the hidden cost of buying prestige and the emotional toll paid by women traded between power and ambition.

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00:00 – Introduction
01:29 – An American Fortune Born in Steel
05:22 – Anna Gould and the Weight of Inheritance
10:14 – The Age of Dollar Princesses
14:36 – European Nobility for Sale
19:41 – Count Boni de Castellane
24:12 – A Courtship Negotiated in Millions
28:48 – The Marriage Contract
33:28 – Paris Society Reacts
38:07 – A Palace Built on Her Money
42:46 – Public Splendor, Private Contempt
47:19 – Boni’s Spending and Scandals
51:52 – Anna’s Growing Isolation
56:09 – The Breakdown of the Marriage
01:00:07 – Legal Battles Across Two Continents
01:04:17 – The $10 Million Dowry Dispute
01:08:31 – Public Humiliation and Press Frenzy
01:12:58 – Divorce in the Gilded Age
01:17:05 – Anna Gould After Boni
01:21:39 – The True Cost of Buying a Title
01:25:09 – Closing