Ethel du Pont
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FDR III, Ethel du Pont, and FDR at The White House, Christmas 1941
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| Born |
January 30, 1916 Wilmington, Delaware |
| Died | May 25, 1965 (aged 49) Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan |
| Education | Ethel Walker School |
| Spouse(s) |
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. (m. 1937; div. 1949) Benjamin S. Warren, Jr. (m. 1950; her death 1965) |
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| Relatives | Du Pont family |
Ethel du Pont Roosevelt-Warren (January 30, 1916 – May 25, 1965) was an American heiress and socialite and a member of the prominent du Pont family. She is known for her widely publicized marriage to Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., son of the 32nd President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt and her eventual suicide in 1965.
Ethel du Pont was born on January 30, 1916 in Wilmington, Delaware, the eldest child of Eugene du Pont, Jr. and Ethel Pyle. She was the granddaughter of Eugène du Pont (1840–1902), the first head of the modern DuPont corporation, who saw the corporation into the 20th century. Her siblings were Aimee du Pont, Nicholas R. du Pont, and Eugene du Pont III.
She was raised at Owl's Nest, the family's estate in Greenville, Delaware, attended Misses Hebb's School in Wilmington and graduated from the Ethel Walker School in Simsbury, Connecticut.
On June 30, 1937, she married Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (1914–1988), third son of sitting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Sr. and First Lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, and grand-nephew of President Theodore Roosevelt. They had two sons:
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