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Kennedy family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kennedy family

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kennedy
Ethnicity Irish American
Current region New England, United States
Information
Place of origin United States
Notable members Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Ted Kennedy
Connected families Fitzgerald family, Shriver family, Bouvier family
Estate Kennedy Compound
The Irish Catholic political dynasty, John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy
The Irish Catholic political dynasty, John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy

The Kennedys are a family descending from the marriage of the Irish-Americans Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and prominent in American politics and government. Their political involvement has revolved around the Democratic Party and its liberal side. Harvard educations have been frequent among them, and they have contributed heavily to that university's Kennedy School of Government.

With the election of President John F. Kennedy, he and his two then surviving brothers all held prominent positions in the Federal government, and received intensive publicity, often emphasizing their youth (relative to comparably influential politicians), glamour, education and their collective future in politics.

The family has undergone (then, before, and since) a series of deaths and other reverses that could not be fully remedied by wealth, sometimes called "the Kennedy curse"; it has included the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, three aircraft crashes, a case of mental retardation leading to a prefrontal lobotomy, and at least three sets of allegations against individual family members and their relatives by marriage, including a murder conviction and a controversial fatal single-car crash. Just how severely these events restricted the family's influence is unknowable, but the assumption that even the last surviving brother's role was drastically diminished is popular. On the other hand, a number of Kennedy family members have since held high office, and the idea that the family's influence was snuffed out in the 1960s is an exaggeration.

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[edit] Family tree

See also: List of descendants of Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and Kennedy family political line

[edit] First generation

The family patriarch was Patrick J. Kennedy (1858–1929), a first generation American who married Mary Augusta Hickey. Patrick Kennedy was a politician involved in the local Democratic Party.

[edit] Second generation

In 1914, their son, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888–1969) married Rose Fitzgerald (1890–1995), the daughter of Boston Mayor John F. Fitzgerald. Joe Sr. served as the first Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and as United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James's (United Kingdom) in the years leading up to World War II.

[edit] Third generation

Together Rose and Joe Sr. had nine children:

[edit] Fourth generation

  • Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr. had no children
  1. Arabella Kennedy - (1956-1956) - died shortly after her birth
  2. Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (b. 1957) - a lawyer, the co-founder of the Profiles in Courage Award, the president of the Kennedy Library foundation, and the chairwoman of the American Ballet Theatre. Married Edwin Schlossberg, has three children.
  3. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. (1960-1999) - a lawyer and publisher of George magazine, who was killed in a plane crash on July 16, 1999. Married Carolyn Bessette.
  4. Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (1963-1963), who was born prematurely and died from infant respiratory distress syndrome two days after his birth
  • Rosemary Kennedy had no children
  1. Robert Sargent Shriver III (b. 1954) - an attorney and President of RSS Inc., a Beverly Hills music, film and philanthropic company. Currently, he is also a Santa Monica city councilman. Married Malissa Ferzuzzi.
  2. Maria Owings Shriver (b. 1955) - Former TV newsanchor and current First Lady of California and wife of Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Has four children.
  3. Timothy Perry Shriver- (b. 1959) chairman of Special Olympics. Married Linda Potter, has five children.
  4. Mark Kennedy Shriver (b. 1964) - a delegate in the Maryland state legislature for two consecutive terms. Married Jeannie Ripp, has three children.
  5. Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver (b. 1965) activist for mental retardation. Founded the "Best Buddies" movement in Miami where he currently lives. Married Alina Mojica, has four children.
  1. Christopher Kennedy Lawford - professional actor. Married Jeannie Olson, Has three children.
  2. Sydney Maleia Lawford married Peter McKevley, has four children.
  3. Victoria Francis Lawford married Robert Pender, has three children.
  4. Robin Elizabeth Lawford
  1. Kathleen Hartington Kennedy Townsend - former lieutenant governor of Maryland, unsuccessful candidate for Maryland governor in 2002. Married David Lee Townsend, has four children.
  2. Joseph Patrick Kennedy II - former U.S. representative from Massachusetts. Divorced from Sheila Rauch, two sons; currently married to Anne Elizabeth ("Beth") Kelly, no children.
  3. Robert Francis Kennedy, Jr. - environmentalist and political commentator, attorney and law professor at Pace University School of Law. He is best known for his many successful litigations to prevent water pollution, primarily in the New York area. Divorced from Emily Ruth Black (two children); married in 1994 Mary Richardson, six children.
  4. David Anthony Kennedy - died of a drug overdose in 1984
  5. Mary Courtney Kennedy Married Jeffrey Robert Ruhe (divorced) and Paul Michael Hill (separated), has one child.
  6. Michael LeMoyne Kennedy - died in a skiing accident on December 31, 1997. Married Victoria Gifford (separated), had three children.
  7. Mary Kerry Kennedy - ex-wife of Andrew Cuomo, who is the son of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, has three children.
  8. Christopher George Kennedy - president of Merchandise Mart commercial properties based in Chicago. Married Sheila Sinclair Berner, has four children.
  9. Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy Married Victoria Anne Stauss, has five children.
  10. Douglas Harriman Kennedy Married Mary Elizabeth Stark, has three children.
  11. Rory Elizabeth Katherine Kennedy Married Mark Bailey, has two children.
  • Jean Ann Kennedy and Stephen Edward Smith had four children:
  1. Stephen Edward Smith, Jr.
  2. William Kennedy Smith - 1991 rape acquittal, physician, activist against land mines
  3. Amanda Mary Smith, married Carter Hood, one child
  4. Kym Maria Smith, married Alfie Tucker
  1. Kara Anne Kennedy Married Michael Allen, has two children.
  2. Edward Moore Kennedy, Jr. Married Katharine Anne Gershman, has two children.
  3. Patrick Joseph Kennedy - current U.S. Representative from Rhode Island


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