Chapter 1: Advent of A National Hero: Jose Rizal Rizal'S Parents
Chapter 1: Advent of A National Hero: Jose Rizal Rizal'S Parents
Chapter 1: Advent of A National Hero: Jose Rizal Rizal'S Parents
June 19, 1861 – birth date of Jose Rizal Francisco Mercado Rizal
He was born in the lakeshore of Calamba,
Laguna at about midnight on Wednesday of his Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandra II
birth date. Born on May 11, 1818
Born in Calamba, Laguna Province Born in Biñan, Laguna
June 22, 1861 – After three days he was June 28, 1848, he married Teodora
baptized in a Catholic church the youngest of the 13 children of Cirila
nickname “Pepe” Alejandro and Juan Mercado
the greatest Filipino hero and peerless genius
Father Rufino Collantes - baptized Rizal Teodora Alonzo Realonda
Father Pedro Casañas – Rizal’s godfather
Mariano Herbosa – nephew of Casañas and will Teodora Morales Alonzo Realonda y Quintos
marry Lucia Born on November 9, 1827
“Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado Y Alonzo Rizal’s first teacher
Realonda” Second child of Lorenzo Alonso and Brigida de
Lieutenant-General Jose Lemery –the governor Quintos
general of the Philippines when Rizal was born went to College of Sta. Rosa
Jose - was chosen by his mother who was a devotee of The marriage of Francisco Mercado Rizal and Teodora
the Christian saint San Jose (St. Joseph) Alonso Realonda was blessed with eleven children –
nine girls and two boys. These children were:
Protacio - from Gervacio P. which come from a Christian
calendar SATURNINA – She was the oldest among Rizal children
who was nicknamed Neneng. She studied in La
Mercado- adopted in 1731 by Domingo Lamco (the Concordia College in Sta. Ana, Manila. She married
paternal great great-grandfather of Jose Rizal) which the Manuel T. Hidalgo, a native of Tanawan, Batangas.
Spanish term mercado means, “market” in English
PACIANO – He was the older brother whom Rizal called
Rizal - from the word “Ricial‟ in Spanish means a field “Uto” and his second father. He accompanied Rizal
where wheat, cut while still green, sprouts again when he enrolled in schools. Enraged by the
GOMBURZA execution and the sentiments of his
Alonzo- old surname of his mother younger brother Jose, he joined the Philippine
Revolution and became a combat general. After the
Y – and revolution, he had lived in his farm in Los Banos. He had
lived as a gentleman farmer and died an old bachelor at
Realonda - it was used by Doña Teodora from the the age of 79. He survived two children by his mistress,
surname of her godmother based on the culture by the Severina Decena, a boy and a girl.
family
NARCISA – she was the second girl in the family whose
nickname was Sisa. She was a school teacher of Morong.
She married Antonio Lopez, a nephew of Father Leoncio
Lopez.