mother vs stepmother

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My husband's mother and stepmother always seem to be in a competition with each other. Mostly it seems to be his stepmother competing with his mother and anyone else who takes attention away from her. She constantly talks about how shes is such a better mother to him than his mother is and she does so much more for him than his mother does and she is there for him more than his mother is. He only lived with this woman and his father for ONE year. Its irritating to hear this woman constantly put down his mother. He and I went down to Texas in march to visit his father and the rest of them and the whole time she was very cold and dissmissive of me, making it seem like the reason they had not seen him in 5 years was because other people were keeping him away which was not the case at all. She introduced him as HER son and would say that she had four children when in reality she only has three sons, my fiance obviously not being one of them. Now dont get me wrong I totally understand feeling like someone is family to you but that doesnt make them biologically related to you and sometimes I really wonder if this woman knows she is not his real mother. we are getting married in a week and this woman is going to be here. I dont like her because I think she is rude and too competitive and always feels like the attention has to be on her. Has anyone else ever had to deal with something like this? How do you deal with? How do you keep from strangling them or just really giving them a piece of your mind?