Rose Kennedy

Politician

Birthday July 22, 1890

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Boston, MA

DEATH DATE Jan 22, 1995 (104)

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About

Matriarch of the Kennedy clan whose sons included President John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy.

Before Fame

As a child, she and her father were granted a private audience with Pope Pius X at the Vatican.

Trivia

She wanted to leave her husband because he was unfaithful, but being Catholic she wasn't allowed to divorce.

Family Life

She was married to Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. from 1914 until his death in 1969. She had a total of nine children: John, Rosemary, Kathleen, Eunice, Patricia, Robert, Jean, Ted and Joseph Jr.

Associated With

Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was her daughter-in-law.