Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, DBE (neéMiller; September 15, 1890 - January 12, 1976) was married twice.
She first married Archibald "Archie" Christie (born 1889 - 1962) an aviator in the Royal Flying Corps in 1914. The marriage would last for the next 14 years; producing one child, a daughter, Rosalind Margaret Clarissa Hicks (neéChristie; August 5, 1919 - October 28, 2004). But would end in divorce (which was initiated by him) after a continued affair with his secretary, Nancy Neele, which he revealed in the latter part of 1926. They were legally separated in 1928.
He later married Ms. Neele and had one son by her, also named Archie. They would remain married until his death.
Her second marriage was to noted British archaeologist Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan, CBE (May 6, 1904 - August 19, 1978) in 1930. Theirs was a happy marriage which would last until her death 46 years later. They had no children.
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