Kathleen Cavendish

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Lady Hartington, around 1943

Kathleen Agnes Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington , née Kathleen Agnes Kennedy , (born February 20, 1920 in Brookline , Massachusetts , USA ; † May 13, 1948 in Sainte-Bauzile , Ardèche , France ) was a sister of US President John F. Kennedy .

Life

Kathleen, called Kick , came from the Kennedy family and was the fourth oldest child of Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Kennedy . She married William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington , a British Protestant, the eldest son of Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire , against the wishes of her Catholic mother on May 6, 1944 in London . Since then she has held the courtesy title of Marchioness of Hartington . Four months later, William fell in Belgium during World War II .

Socially committed and highly respected in British society, the young widow became the fiancée of Peter Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 8th Earl Fitzwilliam . They planned to get married after Peter's divorce. The couple, who wanted to travel to Kathleen's father to ask his blessing, crashed in a plane in France over Saint-Bauzile , Ardèche.

Kathleen (her brother Joseph and three other family members also died in an airplane accident) was buried in the cemetery at Saint Peter's Church, Edensor Village, Chatsworth, United Kingdom, next to the graves of the Cavendish family.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kathleen Agnes Kennedy Cavendish - The Sisters - Family - John F. Kennedy - The information portal for the 35th President of the United States. Retrieved March 19, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Cavendish, Kathleen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hartington, Kathleen Agnes Cavendish, Marchioness of (full name); Kennedy, Kathleen Agnes (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sister of John F. Kennedy
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Brookline , Massachusetts , USA
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1948
Place of death Sainte-Bauzile , Ardeche , France