Gladys Vanderbilt married Hungarian Count László Széchenyi on 1908. The couple visited Hungary almost every summer with their five daughters.She inherited about $25 million from her father's estate. along with the Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island. She inherited another 5 million from her mother's estate. In 1948 as a widow she leased the Breakers to the Preservation Society of Newport County for one dollar a year. She continued to maintain an apartment in the Breakers until her death.