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| caption = [[Armorial bearings]] granted by the [[Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland]] to the descendants of [[Patrick Kennedy (1823–1858)|Patrick Kennedy]] on [[Saint Patrick's Day]] 1961.<ref>http://americanheraldry.org/pages/index.php?n=President.Kennedy</ref>
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| region =[[New England]], [[United States]]
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| origin =[[United States]]
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| members =[[Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.]]<br>[[Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy]]<br>[[Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.]]<br>[[John F. Kennedy]]<br>[[Robert F. Kennedy]]<br>[[Ted Kennedy|Edward M. Kennedy]]<br>
| members =[[Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.]]<br>[[Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy]]<br>[[Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.]]<br>[[John F. Kennedy]]<br>[[Robert F. Kennedy]]<br>[[Ted Kennedy|Edward M. Kennedy]]<br>
| otherfamilies =[[Hugh D. Auchincloss|Auchincloss]]<br>[[Bouvier|Bouvier]]<br>[[Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington|Cavendish]]<br>[[FitzGerald|Fitzgerald]]<br>[[Bridget Murphy|Murphy]] [[Aristotle Onassis|Onassis]]<br>[[Radziwiłł|Radziwiłł]]<br>[[Arnold Schwarzenegger|Schwarzenegger]]<br>[[Shriver|Shriver]]<br>[[Michael Skakel|Skakel]]<br>[[William Kennedy Smith|Smith]]<br> ''et al.''
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:''For other uses, see [[Kennedy]]''
:''For other uses, see [[Kennedy]]''
In the [[United States]], the phrase '''''Kennedy family''''' commonly refers to the family descending from the marriage of the [[Irish American|Irish-Americans]] [[Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.]] and [[Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy|Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald]] that is prominent in [[Politics of the United States|American politics]] and government. Their political involvement has revolved around the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. [[Harvard University]] educations have been common among them, and they have contributed heavily to that university's [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]]. The wealth, glamor and photogenic quality of the family members, as well as their extensive and continuing commitment to public service, has elevated them to iconic status over the past half-century.
In the [[United States]], the phrase '''''Kennedy family''''' commonly refers to the family descending from the marriage of the [[Irish American|Irish-Americans]] [[Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.]] and [[Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy|Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald]] that is prominent in [[Politics of the United States|American politics]] and government. Their political involvement has revolved around the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. [[Harvard University]] educations have been common among them, and they have contributed heavily to that university's [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]]. The wealth, glamour <!--"glamour" is probably the more-common u.s. spelling (as in "Glamour" magazine)--> and photogenic quality of the family members, as well as their extensive and continuing commitment to public service, has elevated them to iconic status over the past half-century.


With the [[United States presidential election, 1960|1960 election]] of [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[John F. Kennedy]], he and his two then-surviving brothers, [[Robert F. Kennedy]] and [[Ted Kennedy|Edward M. Kennedy]], all held prominent positions in the federal government, and received intensive publicity, often emphasizing their youth (relative to comparably influential politicians), allure, education and collective future in politics.
With the [[United States presidential election, 1960|1960 election]] of [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[John F. Kennedy]], he and his two then-surviving brothers, [[Robert F. Kennedy]] and [[Ted Kennedy|Edward M. Kennedy]], all held prominent positions in the federal government, and received intensive publicity, often emphasizing their youth (relative to comparably influential politicians), allure, education and collective future in politics.
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*a charge of rape ([[William Kennedy Smith]]).
*a charge of rape ([[William Kennedy Smith]]).


Most recently, [[U.S. Senator]] Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of [[Massachusetts]], the last surviving brother of the Kennedy family, died on August 25, 2009, at age 77, after battling [[brain cancer]]. He is the only male offspring of Joseph & Rose Kennedy to die of natural causes.
Most recently, [[U.S. Senator]] Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of [[Massachusetts]], the last surviving brother of the Kennedy family, died on August 25, 2009, at age 77, after battling [[brain cancer]]. He is the only male offspring of Joseph and Rose Kennedy to die of natural causes.


==Family tree==
==Family tree==
:''See also: [[List of descendants of Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy]] and [[Kennedy family political line]]''
:''See also: [[List of descendants of Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy]] and [[Kennedy family political line]]''
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===First generation===
===First generation===
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===Second generation===
===Second generation===
In 1914, their son, [[Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.]] (1888–1969) married [[Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy|Rose Fitzgerald]] (1890–1995), the daughter of [[List of mayors of Boston|Boston Mayor]] [[John F. Fitzgerald]]. Joe Sr. served as the first Chairman of the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] and as the [[United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom|U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom]] in the years leading up to [[World War II]].
In 1914, their son, [[Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.]] (1888–1969) married [[Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy|Rose Fitzgerald]] (1890–1995), the daughter of [[List of mayors of Boston|Boston (Massachusetts) Mayor]] [[John F. Fitzgerald]]. Joseph served as the first chairman of the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] and as the [[United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom|U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom]] in the years leading up to [[World War II]].


===Third generation===
===Third generation===
[[Image:Kennedy bros.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Irish Catholic]] political dynasty, [[John F. Kennedy|John]], [[Robert Kennedy|Robert]], and [[Ted Kennedy|Edward Kennedy]], July 1960.]]
[[Image:Kennedy bros.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Irish Catholic]] political dynasty, [[John F. Kennedy|John]], [[Robert Kennedy|Robert]], and [[Ted Kennedy|Edward Kennedy]], July 1960.]]
Together Rose and Joe Sr. had nine children:
Together Joseph and Rose Kennedy had nine children:


* [[Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.|Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr.]] (1915–1944)
* [[Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.|Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr.]] (1915–1944)
** He died during [[World War II]] when taking part in [[Operation Aphrodite]] as a pilot of a modified [[B-24 Liberator]] drone bomber which accidentally exploded and crashed over [[Blyth Estuary]] near [[Suffolk]], [[England]]. For this act, he was [[posthumous recognition|posthumously]] awarded the [[Navy Cross]]. He was single at the time of his death and had no children, although he had been romantically linked to [[Edith Bouvier Beale]], a cousin of his future sister-in-law [[Jacqueline Lee Bouvier]], as well as [[Katharine Mortimer]]. (The latter reportedly rebuffed any more-serious involvement with Joe Jr., claiming that his family was too active for her to contemplate marrying into.{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}})
** He died during [[World War II]] when taking part in [[Operation Aphrodite]] as a pilot of a modified [[B-24 Liberator]] drone bomber which accidentally exploded and crashed over [[Blyth Estuary]] near [[Suffolk]], [[England]]. For this act, he was [[posthumous recognition|posthumously]] awarded the [[Navy Cross]]. He was single at the time of his death and had no children, although he had been romantically linked to [[Edith Bouvier Beale]], a cousin of his future sister-in-law [[Jacqueline Lee Bouvier]], as well as [[Katharine Mortimer]]. (The latter reportedly rebuffed any more-serious involvement with Joe Jr., claiming that his family was too active for her to contemplate marrying into.{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}})
* [[John F. Kennedy|John Fitzgerald Kennedy]] (1917–1963)
* [[John F. Kennedy|John Fitzgerald Kennedy]] (1917–1963)
** Sometimes referred to as "Jack" or "JFK", he was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]], a U.S. Senator and the 35th U.S. President. He married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and had four children, one of whom was stillborn, one died soon after birth, and two survived to adulthood. He was [[John F. Kennedy assassination|assassinated during a motorcade]] in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]. The events surrounding his death remain controversial.
** Sometimes referred to as "Jack" or "JFK", he was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]], a U.S. Senator and the 35th U.S. President. He married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier and they had four children, one of whom was stillborn, one died soon after birth, and two survived to adulthood. He was [[John F. Kennedy assassination|assassinated during a motorcade]] in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]. The events surrounding his death remain controversial.
* [[Rosemary Kennedy|Rose Marie Kennedy]] (1918–2005)
* [[Rosemary Kennedy|Rose Marie Kennedy]] (1918–2005)
** Known as "Rosemary" or "Rosie", she was [[Dyslexia|dyslexic]] and considered to be slightly brain-damaged from birth. She was rendered incapable of intelligible speech or caring for herself by a prefrontal lobotomy, a popular [[neurosurgery|neurosurgical]] technique of the time, requested by her father, that was intended to cure her increasing mood swings and make her more manageable. The operation instead reduced her to an infantile state. She lived in a residential-care facility in [[Wisconsin]] until her death on January 7, 2005.
** Known as "Rosemary" or "Rosie", she was [[Dyslexia|dyslexic]] and considered to be slightly brain-damaged from birth. At age 23, she was rendered incapable of intelligible speech or caring for herself by a prefrontal lobotomy — a popular [[neurosurgery|neurosurgical]] technique of the time and requested by her father — that was intended to cure her increasing mood swings and make her more manageable. The operation instead reduced her to an infantile state. She lived in a residential-care facility in [[Wisconsin]] until her death on January 7, 2005.
* [[Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington|Kathleen Agnes Kennedy]] (1920–1948)
* [[Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington|Kathleen Agnes Kennedy]] (1920–1948)
** Known as Kick, she married a [[Protestantism|Protestant]], [[William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington|William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington]] — the son and heir to the [[Duke of Devonshire]] — over her mother's strenuous religious objections. After being widowed when her husband was killed in action in World War II, she was killed in an airplane crash in [[France]] with her lover, [[Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam]].
** Known as "Kick", she married a [[Protestantism|Protestant]], [[William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington|William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington]] — the son and heir to the [[Duke of Devonshire]] — over her mother's strenuous religious objections. After being widowed when her husband was killed in action in World War II, she was killed in an airplane crash in [[France]] with her lover, [[Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam]].
* [[Eunice Kennedy Shriver|Eunice Mary Kennedy]] (1921–2009)
* [[Eunice Kennedy Shriver|Eunice Mary Kennedy]] (1921–2009)
** She was a co-founder of the [[Special Olympics]], an organization she began in honor of her sister Rosemary. She married [[Sargent Shriver|Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr.]], later a [[United States presidential election, 1972|1972 vice-presidential candidate]], and they had five children. She died on August 11, 2009.
** She was a co-founder of the [[Special Olympics]], an organization she began in honor of her sister Rosemary. She married [[Sargent Shriver|Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr.]], who was later the [[United States Ambassador to France|U.S. Ambassador to France]] in the late 1960s-early 1970s and a [[United States presidential election, 1972|1972 vice-presidential candidate]], and they had five children. She died on August 11, 2009.
* [[Patricia Kennedy Lawford|Patricia Kennedy]] (1924–2006)
* [[Patricia Kennedy Lawford|Patricia Kennedy]] (1924–2006)
** She married actor [[Peter Lawford]] (1923–1984) and they had four children.
** She married actor [[Peter Lawford]] (1923–1984) and they had four children.
* [[Robert F. Kennedy|Robert Francis Kennedy]] (1925–1968)
* [[Robert F. Kennedy|Robert Francis Kennedy]] (1925–1968)
** Known as "Robbie" or "Bobby", he was [[Attorney General of the United States|U.S. Attorney General]] in his brother John's administration and later served as U.S. Senator from [[New York]]. He married [[Ethel Skakel Kennedy|Ethel Skakel]] and had eleven children. He was [[Robert Kennedy assassination|assassinated in Los Angeles]], [[California]], while running for president in June 1968.
** Known as "Robbie" or "Bobby", he was [[Attorney General of the United States|U.S. Attorney General]] in his brother John's administration and later served as U.S. Senator from [[New York]]. He married [[Ethel Skakel Kennedy|Ethel Skakel]] and they had eleven children. He was [[Robert Kennedy assassination|assassinated in Los Angeles]], [[California]], while running for president in June 1968.
* [[Jean Ann Kennedy]] (b. 1928)
* [[Jean Ann Kennedy]] (b. 1928)
** She married [[Stephen Edward Smith]] (1927–1990) and had two sons and adopted two daughters. She later served as the [[United States Ambassador to Ireland|U.S. Ambassador to Ireland]].
** She married [[Stephen Edward Smith]] (1927–1990) and they had two sons and adopted two daughters. She later served as the [[United States Ambassador to Ireland|U.S. Ambassador to Ireland]].
* [[Ted Kennedy|Edward Moore Kennedy]] (1932–2009)
* [[Ted Kennedy|Edward Moore Kennedy]] (1932–2009)
** Known as "Teddy" or "Ted", he served as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009. He married [[Joan Bennett Kennedy|Virginia Joan Bennett]] and they had three children. Some years after their divorce, he married [[Victoria Reggie Kennedy|Victoria Anne Reggie]] and had two stepchildren from this marriage. On May 20, 2008, it was announced that he had a malignant brain tumor. In the next year, brain cancer severely limited his U.S. Senate appearances. He died on August 25, 2009.
** Known as "Teddy" or "Ted", he served as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009. He married [[Joan Bennett Kennedy|Virginia Joan Bennett]] and they had three children. Some years after their divorce, he married [[Victoria Reggie Kennedy|Victoria Anne Reggie]] and had two stepchildren from this marriage. On May 20, 2008, it was announced that he had a malignant brain tumor. In the next year, brain cancer severely limited his U.S. Senate appearances. He died on August 25, 2009.


====Third generation in-laws====
====Third-generation in-laws====
*[[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jacqueline Lee Bouvier]] (1929–1994), wife of John
*[[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jacqueline Lee Bouvier]] (1929–1994), wife of John
*[[William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington|William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington]] (1917–1944), husband of Kathleen
*[[William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington|William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington]] (1917–1944), husband of Kathleen
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*Edward "Ted" Moore Kennedy (1932–2009) and Virginia Joan Bennett had three children:
*Edward "Ted" Moore Kennedy (1932–2009) and Virginia Joan Bennett had three children:
*# [[Kara Kennedy Allen|Kara Anne Kennedy]] (b. 1960) — married Michael Allen; has two children.
*# [[Kara Kennedy Allen|Kara Anne Kennedy]] (b. 1960) — married Michael Allen; has two children.
*# [[Edward Kennedy, Jr.|Edward Moore Kennedy, Jr.]] (b. 1961) — a co-founder and the president of the [[Marwood Group]], a Wall Street investment firm. Married Katharine Anne Gershman; has two children.
*# [[Edward Kennedy, Jr.|Edward Moore Kennedy, Jr.]] (b. 1961) — a co-founder and the president of the [[Marwood Group]], a Wall Street investment firm. Married Katharine ("Kiki") Anne Gershman; has two children.
*# [[Patrick Joseph Kennedy|Patrick Joseph Kennedy II]] (b. 1967) — [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Rhode Island]]. He has neither married nor had children.
*# [[Patrick Joseph Kennedy|Patrick Joseph Kennedy II]] (b. 1967) — [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Rhode Island]]. He has neither married nor had children.


:(Edward "Ted" Moore Kennedy had two stepchildren from his marriage to Victoria Anne Reggie — Curran Raclin (b. 1982) and Caroline Raclin (b. 1985).
:(Edward "Ted" Moore Kennedy had two stepchildren from his marriage to Victoria Anne Reggie — Curran Raclin (b. 1982) and Caroline Raclin (b. 1985).

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== Armorial bearings ==
== Armorial bearings ==

Revision as of 06:47, 31 August 2009

Kennedy family crest
File:Kennedy Arms.png
Armorial bearings granted by the Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland to the descendants of Patrick Kennedy on Saint Patrick's Day 1961.[1]
Current regionNew England, United States
Place of originUnited States
MembersJoseph P. Kennedy, Sr.
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
Connected familiesAuchincloss
Bouvier
Cavendish
Fitzgerald
Murphy
Onassis
Radziwiłł
Schwarzenegger
Shriver
Skakel
Smith
et al.
Estate(s)Kennedy Compound, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, United States
For other uses, see Kennedy

In the United States, the phrase Kennedy family commonly refers to the family descending from the marriage of the Irish-Americans Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald that is prominent in American politics and government. Their political involvement has revolved around the Democratic Party. Harvard University educations have been common among them, and they have contributed heavily to that university's John F. Kennedy School of Government. The wealth, glamour and photogenic quality of the family members, as well as their extensive and continuing commitment to public service, has elevated them to iconic status over the past half-century.

With the 1960 election of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, he and his two then-surviving brothers, Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy, all held prominent positions in the federal government, and received intensive publicity, often emphasizing their youth (relative to comparably influential politicians), allure, education and collective future in politics.

The family has suffered a series of tragedies, sometimes called "the Kennedy curse"; it has included:

It has also included at least two sets of allegations against individual family members and their relatives by marriage, including:

Most recently, U.S. Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy of Massachusetts, the last surviving brother of the Kennedy family, died on August 25, 2009, at age 77, after battling brain cancer. He is the only male offspring of Joseph and Rose Kennedy to die of natural causes.

Family tree

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

Template:Kennedy family tree

First generation

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

Second generation

In 1914, their son, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (1888–1969) married Rose Fitzgerald (1890–1995), the daughter of Boston (Massachusetts) Mayor John F. Fitzgerald. Joseph served as the first chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom in the years leading up to World War II.

Third generation

The Irish Catholic political dynasty, John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy, July 1960.

Together Joseph and Rose Kennedy had nine children:

Third-generation in-laws

Fourth generation

  • Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr. neither married nor had children.
  • Rose Marie "Rosemary" Kennedy neither married nor had children.
  • Kathleen Agnes Kennedy and William John Robert Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington had no children.
  • Jean Ann Kennedy and Stephen Edward Smith, Sr. had four children:
    1. Stephen Edward Smith, Jr. (b. 1957)
    2. William Kennedy Smith (b. 1960) — 1991 rape acquittal, a physician and activist against land mines. He has neither married nor had children.
    3. Amanda Mary Smith (b. 1965) — adopted. Married (Harmon) Carter Hood; has two children.
    4. Kym Maria Smith (b. 1972) — adopted. Divorced from Alfie Tucker.
(Edward "Ted" Moore Kennedy had two stepchildren from his marriage to Victoria Anne Reggie — Curran Raclin (b. 1982) and Caroline Raclin (b. 1985).

Armorial bearings

On Saint Patrick’s Day 1961, the Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland granted armorial bearings to the descendants of Patrick Kennedy. According to the rules of heraldic inheritance (see primogeniture) the armiger, or heraldic "head of the family", has been:

  1. Patrick Kennedy (1823–1858)
  2. Patrick Joseph "P.J." Kennedy (1858–1929)
  3. Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (1888–1969)
  4. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. (1960–1999)
  5. Joseph Patrick Kennedy II (b. 1952)

The heir apparent is Matthew Rauch Kennedy (b. 1980).

See also

References

  1. ^ http://americanheraldry.org/pages/index.php?n=President.Kennedy
  2. ^ Spoto, Donald (2000). Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: A Life. Macmillan. p. 136. ISBN 0312977077.
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