J. Paul Getty: The Real Story Behind The Man With All The Money In The World

The First Of Getty’s Multiple Marriages

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Getty was 30 years old when he married his first wife, 18-year-old Jeannette Dumont, in 1923. Dumont gave birth to Getty’s first-born son, George Franklin Getty II, who was named after his grandfather. But this first marriage would only be the first out of five. After divorcing Dumont, Getty was married to Allene Ashby for two years, during which time they had no children. Getty’s third wife, Adolphine Helmle, was the daughter of a German industrialist and only lived with Getty for a few months before giving birth to their son, Jean Ronald, in Germany in 1929. Getty and Helmle divorced a few years later.