This document provides biographical information on José Rizal's family. It details that Rizal was born in 1861 in Calamba, Laguna to Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonso. It then provides brief summaries of each of Rizal's parents and 11 siblings, including their names, occupations, marriages, places of birth and death.
This document provides biographical information on José Rizal's family. It details that Rizal was born in 1861 in Calamba, Laguna to Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonso. It then provides brief summaries of each of Rizal's parents and 11 siblings, including their names, occupations, marriages, places of birth and death.
This document provides biographical information on José Rizal's family. It details that Rizal was born in 1861 in Calamba, Laguna to Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonso. It then provides brief summaries of each of Rizal's parents and 11 siblings, including their names, occupations, marriages, places of birth and death.
This document provides biographical information on José Rizal's family. It details that Rizal was born in 1861 in Calamba, Laguna to Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonso. It then provides brief summaries of each of Rizal's parents and 11 siblings, including their names, occupations, marriages, places of birth and death.
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Jose Rizal’s Family
José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Realonda was a Filipino
nationalist and polymath during the tail end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. José Rizal was born in 1861 to Francisco Rizal Mercado y Alejandro and Teodora Alonso Realonda y Quintos in the town of Calamba in Laguna province.
Francisco Engracio Alejandro Rizal (Mercado) (1818-1898)
Father of Jose Rizal who was the youngest of 13 offsprings of Juan and Cirila Mercado. Born in Biñan, Laguna on April 18, 1818; studied in San Jose College, Manila; and died in Manila.
TEODORA ALONSO (1827-1913)
Mother of Jose Rizal who was the second child of Lorenzo Alonso and Brijida de Quintos. She studied at the Colegio de Santa Rosa. She was a business-minded woman, courteous, religious, hard-working and well- read. She was born in Santa Cruz, Manila on November 14, 1827 and died in 1913 in Manila.
SATURNINA RIZAL (1850-1913)
Eldest child of the Rizal-Alonzo marriage. Married Manuel Timoteo Hidalgo of Tanauan, Batangas.
PACIANO RIZAL (1851-1930)
Only brother of Jose Rizal and the second child. Studied at San Jose College in Manila; became a farmer and later a general of the Philippine Revolution.
NARCISA RIZAL (1852-1939)
The third child. married Antonio Lopez at Morong, Rizal; a teacher and musician.
OLYMPIA RIZAL (1855-1887)
The fourth child. Married Silvestre Ubaldo; died in 1887 from childbirth.
LUCIA RIZAL (1857-1919)
The fifth child. Married Matriano Herbosa.
MARIA RIZAL (1859-1945)
The sixth child. Married Daniel Faustino Cruz of Biñan, Laguna. JOSE RIZAL (1861-1896) The second son and the seventh child. He was executed by the Spaniards on December 30,1896.
CONCEPCION RIZAL (1862-1865)
The eight child. Died at the age of three.
JOSEFA RIZAL (1865-1945)
The ninth child. An epileptic, died a spinster.
TRINIDAD RIZAL (1868-1951)
The tenth child. Died a spinster and the last of the family to die.