Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was the wife of President John F. Kennedy and a U.S. first lady. Born Jacqueline Lee Bouvier in Southampton, New York, on July 28, 1929, she is the elder daughter of Janet Lee and John Vernou Bouvier III. Her father, John Vernou Bouvier III, had French, English, German, and Scottish ancestry and her mother, Janet Lee. was of Irish descent. She is a 1951 graduate of the George Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in French literature. She married 35th President of U.S. John F. Kennedy in September 1953 and they had three children, Caroline, John F. Jr., and Patrick. She later married Aristotle Onassis.