Rose Kennedy

Rose Kennedy
Countess of the Holy Roman Church
Kennedy c. 1967
Known for	Kennedy family matriarch
Born	Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald (1890-07-22)July 22, 1890 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	January 22, 1995(1995-01-22) (aged 104) Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, U.S.
Buried	Holyhood Cemetery Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. ​ ​ (m. 1914; died 1969)​
Issue	Joseph Jr. John Rosemary Kathleen Eunice Patricia Robert Jean Edward
Parents	John Francis Fitzgerald Mary Josephine Hannon
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Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy (July 22, 1890 – January 22, 1995) was an American philanthropist, socialite, and matriarch of the Kennedy family. She was deeply embedded in the "lace curtain" Irish-American community in Boston. Her father, John F. Fitzgerald, served in the Massachusetts State Senate (1892–1894), in the U.S. House of Representatives (1895–1901, 1919), and as Mayor of Boston (1906–1908, 1910–1914). Her husband, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., chaired the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (1934–1935) and the U.S. Maritime Commission (1937–1938), and served as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1938–1940). Their nine children included United States President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York, U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts, Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Jean Kennedy Smith. In 1951, Rose Kennedy was ennobled by Pope Pius XII, becoming the sixth American woman to be granted the rank of Papal countess.^[1]