Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

:Alternate meanings: Jackie O is also an Australian radio host, while Jacqueline Bouvier also refers to a character from "The Simpsons."

Kennedy marriage

After an engagement to stockbroker John Husted, Jr. (they were to have married in June 1952), she married Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, one of the Democratic Party's rising stars, on September 12, 1953, at Newport, Rhode Island. They had four children: Arabella (stillborn, 1956) Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (b. 1957), John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. (1960–1999), and Patrick Bouvier Kennedy (born and died in August 1963). Their marriage had its difficulties as her husband and his brother, Robert, were womanizers (like their father) and John F. Kennedy also had serious health problems, which were hidden from the public. However, she apparently overlooked many of his affairs and coped with his ailments. They spent their first years of marriage in a Georgetown townhouse.

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June - 1952 - John F. Kennedy - Democratic Party - September 12 - 1953 - Newport, Rhode Island - Caroline Bouvier Kennedy - John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. - Patrick Bouvier Kennedy

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She was fond of her father-in-law, and the affection, it seems, was returned. He also saw the great PR potential of her as a politician's wife. She was also close to her brother-in-law, Robert (Bobby). Yet she was not fond of the competitive, sporty, and somewhat abrasive nature of the Kennedy clan. She was quieter and more reserved. The Kennedy sisters nicknamed her "the deb," and Jackie Kennedy was always reluctant to join in the traditional touch-football games of the Kennedy clan.

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