Marriage and Family
On October 7, 1914, Kennedy married Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald, the eldest daughter of John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, a Democratic mayor of Boston and probably the most recognized politician in the city. The marriage joined two of the city's most prominent Irish-American political families. The couple had nine children. As Kennedy's business success expanded, he and his family kept homes in the Boston area, suburban New York City, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, and Palm Beach, Florida.
| Name | Birth | Death | Age at death |
Notes and cause of death (where applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JosephJoseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy, Jr. | 01915-07-25July 25, 1915 | 01944-08-12August 12, 1944 | 29 | Killed in England while serving in Operation Aphrodite during World War II. |
| JohnJohn Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy | 01917-05-29May 29, 1917 | 01963-11-22November 22, 1963 | 46 | Married 1953 to Jacqueline Lee Bouvier. Became 35th President. Assassinated in Dallas, Texas. |
| RoseRose Marie "Rosie" Kennedy | 01918-09-13September 13, 1918 | 02005-01-07January 7, 2005 | 86 | Lobotomized in 1941, then institutionalized from 1949 until her death. |
| KathleenKathleen Agnes "Kick" Kennedy | 01920-02-20February 20, 1920 | 01948-05-13May 13, 1948 | 28 | Married 1944 to William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington; died in plane crash in France. |
| EuniceEunice Mary Kennedy | 01921-07-10July 10, 1921 | 02009-08-11August 11, 2009 | 88 | Married 1953 to Sargent Shriver; died at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Massachusetts. |
| PatriciaPatricia Helen "Pat" Kennedy | 01924-05-06May 6, 1924 | 02006-09-17September 17, 2006 | 82 | Married 1954 to Peter Lawford; divorced 1966. Died in 2006 from complications of pneumonia. |
| RobertRobert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy | 01925-11-20November 20, 1925 | 01968-06-06June 6, 1968 | 42 | Married 1950 to Ethel Skakel. Served as the U.S. Attorney General 1961–1964 and a U.S. Senator from New York 1965–1968. Ran for 1968 Democratic presidential nomination, but was assassinated in Los Angeles, California. |
| JeanJean Ann Kennedy | 01928-02-20February 20, 1928 | 9999-12-31 ! | 84 ! | Married 1956 to Stephen Edward Smith; 1993–1998 U.S. Ambassador to Ireland. |
| EdwardEdward Moore "Ted" Kennedy | 01932-02-22February 22, 1932 | 02009-08-25August 25, 2009 | 77 | Married 1958 to Joan Bennett, divorced in 1982; remarried in 1992 to Victoria Reggie. Served as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to his death in 2009 due to brain cancer. |
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