Editing Audrey Hepburn (section)

===Marriages, relationships, and children===
[[File:In_het_Rembrandtpleintheater_te_Amsterdam_kopen_Audrey_en_Mel_enkele_Unicef_lote,_Bestanddeelnr_919-5685.jpg|thumb|left|Hepburn with husband [[Mel Ferrer]] in 1966]]
In 1952, Hepburn became engaged to industrialist [[James Hanson, Baron Hanson|James Hanson]],{{sfn|Woodward|2012|p=131}} whom she had known since her early days in London. She called it "love at first sight", but after having her wedding dress fitted and the date set, she decided the marriage would not work because the demands of their careers would keep them apart most of the time.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hyams |first=Joe |url=http://www.audreyhepburnlibrary.com/50s/images/filmland1-54pg4.jpg |title=Why Audrey Hepburn Was Afraid Of Marriage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070605055457/http://www.audreyhepburnlibrary.com/50s/images/filmland1-54pg4.jpg |archive-date=5 June 2007 |work=Filmland |date=January 1954}}</ref> She issued a public statement about her decision, saying "When I get married, I want to be {{em|really}} married".{{sfn|Woodward|2012|p=132}} In the early 1950s, she also dated future ''[[Hair (musical)|Hair]]'' producer [[Michael Butler (producer)|Michael Butler]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Kogan |first=Rick |url=http://www.michaelbutler.com/orlok/michael/buttrib.html |title=The Aging of Aquarius |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102136/http://www.michaelbutler.com/orlok/michael/buttrib.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=30 June 1996 |via=michaelbutler.com |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref>

[[File:Audrey Hepburn and Robert Wolders.png|thumb|upright|Hepburn and her partner [[Robert Wolders]] at the [[White House]] in 1981|alt=Hepburn with her new partner after end of her second marriage.]]

At a cocktail party hosted by mutual friend [[Gregory Peck]], Hepburn met American actor [[Mel Ferrer]], and suggested that they star together in a play.<ref name=soundstage />{{sfn|Walker|1997}} The meeting led them to collaborate in ''Ondine'', during which they began a relationship. Eight months later, on 25 September 1954, they were married in [[Bürgenstock]], Switzerland,<ref name="bigmoment54pg1.jpg">{{cite web |url=http://www.audreyhepburnlibrary.com/50s/images/bigmoment54pg1.jpg |title=Audrey Hepburn puts an end to "will she" or "won't she" rumors by marrying Mel Ferrer! |work=audreyhepburnlibrary.com [expired domain] |date=1954 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206193241/http://www.audreyhepburnlibrary.com/50s/images/bigmoment54pg1.jpg |archive-date=6 December 2010}}</ref> while preparing to star together in the film ''[[War and Peace (1956 film)|War and Peace]]'' (1956). 

She and Ferrer had a son, [[Sean Hepburn Ferrer]], born on 17 June 1960.<ref name="Harper's Bazaar Love Stories">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a10002427/audrey-hepburn-love-life-timeline/ |title=A Timeline of Audrey Hepburn's Hollywood Love Stories |first=Morgan |last=Evans |date=16 June 2017 |magazine=Harper's Bazaar |access-date=23 February 2023 |archive-date=23 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223194602/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a10002427/audrey-hepburn-love-life-timeline/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Prior to Sean's birth, Hepburn had two other pregnancies that ended in miscarriages, the second one at six months.<ref name="minelle" /><ref name="Harper's Bazaar Love Stories" /><ref>{{Cite book |title=Audrey Hepburn, An Elegant Spirit |last=Hepburn Ferrer |first=Sean |date=2003 |publisher=Atria Books |isbn=0671024787 |edition=1st Atria books hardcover |location=New York |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/audreyhepburnele00ferr}}</ref> Ferrer was rumoured to be too controlling, and had been referred to by others as being her "[[Svengali]]" – an idea that Hepburn laughed off. William Holden was quoted as saying, "I think Audrey allows Mel to think he influences her." After a 14-year marriage, the couple divorced in 1968.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mel Ferrer obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2076351/Mel-Ferrer.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=4 June 2008 |access-date=5 April 2018 |archive-date=23 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123232443/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2076351/Mel-Ferrer.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1960, Hepburn settled in Switzerland, having decided to reduce her film work and live in the country where her first son Sean was born. Looking for a house, she focused on the French-speaking part of Switzerland, the [[Romandy|''Romandie'']], to avoid Sean learning German in school – an echo of her traumatic wartime childhood. She bought the 21-room country estate "La Paisible" ("The Peaceful One") in the country village of [[Tolochenaz]], [[Vaud]]. The remote estate, surrounded by high walls, suited her desire for privacy, and Hepburn was fond of cooking with the produce from its extensive vegetable gardens.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kardos |first=Anna |date=29 March 2025 |title=Das Geheimnis von Audrey Hepburns Rückzugsort in der Schweiz |url=https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/am-liebsten-fruehstueckte-audrey-hepburn-in-der-schweiz-ld.1876821 |access-date=29 March 2025 |work=[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]] |language=de-CH |issn=0376-6829}}</ref>

Hepburn met her second husband, Italian psychiatrist [[Andrea Dotti (psychiatrist)|Andrea Dotti]], on a [[Mediterranean]] cruise with friends in June 1968. She believed she would have more children and possibly stop working.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hepburn is engaged to Italian psychiatrist |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=6 January 1969 |location=[[Toronto]] |page=15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://people.com/archive/the-private-audrey/ |title=The Private Audrey |date=1 January 1993 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=25 September 2017 |language=en-US |archive-date=26 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926041208/http://people.com/archive/the-private-audrey/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They married on 18 January 1969, and their son Luca Andrea Dotti was born on 8 February 1970.<ref name="Harper's Bazaar Love Stories" /> While pregnant with Luca in 1969, Hepburn was more careful, resting for months before delivering the baby via [[caesarean section]]. Hepburn suffered a miscarriage in 1974.<ref name="Harper's Bazaar Love Stories" />

Dotti and Hepburn were both unfaithful, he with younger women and she with actor [[Ben Gazzara]] during the filming of [[Bloodline (1979 film)|''Bloodline'']] (1979).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/movies/ben-gazzara-actor-of-stage-and-screen-dies-at-81.html |work=The New York Times |first=Neil |last=Genzlinger |title=Ben Gazzara, Actor of Stage and Screen, Dies at 81 |date=3 February 2012 |access-date=5 February 2017 |archive-date=7 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107201554/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/movies/ben-gazzara-actor-of-stage-and-screen-dies-at-81.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The marriage lasted 12 years and was dissolved in 1982.<ref name="Harper's Bazaar Love Stories" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Audrey Hepburn obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/5894883/Audrey-Hepburn.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100121030948/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/5894883/Audrey-Hepburn.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 January 2010 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=22 January 1993}}</ref>

From 1980 until her death in 1993, Hepburn was in a relationship with Dutch actor [[Robert Wolders]], the widower of actress [[Merle Oberon]].<ref name="nytimesobit" /> She had met Wolders through a friend during the later years of her second marriage. In 1989, she called the nine years she had spent with him the happiest years of her life, and stated that she considered them married, just not officially.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Heatley |first1=Michael |title=Audrey Hepburn: In words and pictures |date=2017 |publisher=Book Sales |isbn=978-0-7858-3534-9 |page=166}}</ref>