Caroline Kennedy Caroline Kennedy Caroline Bouvier Kennedy (born November 27, 1957) is an American author, attorney, and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017. She is a prominent member of the Kennedy family and the only surviving child of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. Caroline Kennedy was five days away from her sixth birthday when her father was assassinated on November 22, 1963. The following year, Caroline, her mother, and brother John F. Kennedy Jr. settled on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where she attended school. Kennedy graduated from
Caroline Bonaparte (Naples). , who had been Minister of War of the Kingdom of Naples in 1814 and 1815. She lived in Florence until her death in 1839. The couple had no children. Caroline died in 1839 and was buried at the Chiesa di Ognissanti, in Florence. One of her great-great-great-grandsons is the American actor René Auberjonois, who is perhaps best known for portraying the character Odo on . Caroline and Joachim were the parents of four children: Caroline Bonaparte Maria Annunziata Carolina Murat (French: "Marie Annonciade Caroline Murat"; "née" Bonaparte; 25 March 1782 – 18 May 1839), better known as Caroline