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    Dr. Jose Rizal was born on June 19, 1861 in Calamba, Laguna to Francisco Mercado Rizal and Teodora Alonso Realonda. He was the seventh of 11 children. Rizal came from a wealthy and educated family that was part of the principalia class in the Spanish colony. He received a Catholic upbringing and education focused on religious virtues. The document provides biographical details about Rizal's parents and ancestry, describing his family as prominent members of Filipino society at the time.

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    Dr. Jose Rizal was born on June 19, 1861 in Calamba, Laguna to Francisco Mercado Rizal and Teodora Alonso Realonda. He was the seventh of 11 children. Rizal came from a wealthy and educated family that was part of the principalia class in the Spanish colony. He received a Catholic upbringing and education focused on religious virtues. The document provides biographical details about Rizal's parents and ancestry, describing his family as prominent members of Filipino society at the time.

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    ADVENT OF A

    NATIONAL HERO
    CHAPTER 1
    JOSE PROTACIO RIZAL MERCADO Y ALONSO
    REALONDA
    THE BIRTH OF A HERO
     Known as Dr. Jose Rizal

     JUNE 19, 1861

     CALAMBA, LAGUNA PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES

    “I was born in Calamba on the midnight, a few days before full


    moon. It was Wednesday and my coming out in this vale of tears
    would have cost my mother her life had she not vowed to the virgin of
    Antipolo to take me to her sanctuary by way of pilgrimage.”
    THE BIRTH OF A HERO
     Baptism of Rizal: June 22, 1861

     At the age of 3

     Baptist by Fr. Rufino Collantes

     As Fr. Pedro Casanas as his godfather

     Jose was chosen by his mother who was a devotee of saint San
    Jose(St. Joseph)

    “Take good care of this child, for someday he will become a great
    man” - Fr. Collantes
    RIZAL’S PARENT
    FRANCISCO MERCADO RIZAL
    - BORN IN BIÑAN, LAGUNA (MAY 11, 1818) (1818-1898)
    - Latin and philosophy (College of San Jose in
    Manila)

    - Tenant-farmer of a Dominican owned


    hacienda in Calamba

    - Hardy, independent minded, strong in


    body, valiant in spirits

    - “a model of fathers” – Jose Rizal

    - Died in Manila (January 5 1898)


    RIZAL’S PARENTS
    - Born in Manila (November 8 1826)
    TEADORA ALONSO REALONDA
    (1826-1911)
    - Educated at College of Santa Rosa

    - Has refined culture, literary talent, business


    ability and fortitude

    - “My mother is a woman of more than


    ordinary culture; she knows literature and
    speaks Spanish better I. she corrected my
    poems and gave me good advice when I
    was studying rhetoric. She is a
    mathematician and has read many
    books.” – Jose Rizal

    - Died in Manila (August 16 1911)


    The Rizal Children

    Francisco Mercado Rizal and Teodora


    Alonso Realonda is blessed with eleven
    children. 2 boys and 9 girls.
     Saturnina (1850-1913) - oldest, nicknamed Neneng; she married
    Manuel T. Hidalgo.

     Paciano (1852-1930) – older brother, confidant of rizal, had 2


    children.

     Narcisa (1852-1939) – her pet name was Sisa, she married Antonio
    Lopez.

     Olimpia (1855-1887) – her pet name was Ypia, she married Silvestre
    Ubaldo.

     Lucia (1857-1919) – she married Mariano Herbosa

     Maria (1859-1945) – her nickname was Biang, she married Daniel


    Faustino Cruz.
     Jose (1861-1896) – the greatest Filipino hero and peerless genius; he
    was nicknamed Pepe.

     Concepcion (1862-1865) – her pet name was Concha; died of


    sickness at the age of 3; her death was Rizal’s first sorrow in life.

     Josefa (1865-1945) – her pet name was Panggoy; she died an old
    maid at the age of 80.

     Trinidad (1868-1951) – Trining was her pet name; she died also an
    old maid in a951 aged 83.

     Soledad (1870-1929) – youngest of Rizal children; her pet name was


    Choleng; she married Pantaleon Quintero of Calamba.
    RIZAL’S ANCESTRY
     Juan Mercado – one of francisco’s and cirila’s sons, grandfather of
    rizals. Married Cirila Alejandro, a Chinese-Filipino mestiza. Like his
    father, he was elected governadorcillo of binan.

     Francisco Mercado – Rizal's father. The youngest of thirteen children


    of juan and cirila. At the age of eight he lost his father. He met and
    fall in love with Teodora Alonso Realonda in manila while studying.
    They got married on June 28, 1848

     Lakandula – the last native king of tondo. He is a believed ancestor


    of dona teodor’s family.
     Eugenio Ursua – Rizal's great-great-grandfather from his mother’s
    side. He was of Japanese ancestry. He married a Filipina named
    Benigna.

     Regina – the daughter of eugenio and benigna married Manuel de


    Quintos, a Filipino-Chinese lawyer from pangasinan. One of their
    daughters married Lorenzo Alberto Alonso, a prominent Spanish-
    Filipino mestiza of binan; their children were Narcisa, teodora(rizal’s
    mother), gregorio, manuel and jose.
    THE SURNAME RIZAL

     Mercado – the real name of the Rizal family which was adopted in
    1731 by Domingo Lameo

     Rizal – the second surname which was given by a Spanish Alcalde


    Mayor of Laguna, who was a family friend. In Spanish it means, “a
    field where wheat, cut while still green, sprouts again.”
    THE RIZAL HOME
     The Rizal residence
    was a two-storey
    building, rectangular
    in shape, built of
    adobe stone and
    hard-woods, and
    roofed with red tiles
    A GOOD AND MIDDLE
    CLASS FAMILY
     The Rizal family belonged to the principalia, a town aristocracy in
    Spanish Philippines

     They owned a carriage which was a status symbol of the illustrados


    (composed of native-born intellectuals and cut across ethnolinguitic
    and racial lines-indios, insulates, and mestizos, among others.)

     They also owned a library, the largest in Calamba, consisting of


    more than 1000 volumes.
    HOME LIFE OF THE
    RIZALS
    The Rizal Children were taught and trained:

     To love God

     To behave well

     To be obedient

     To respect people, especially the old folks

    They believed In the maxim: “spare the rod and spoil the child”
    THANK
    YOU!!
    HARRIETT GWEN O. LAGNASON | JOHN CYRIL DECASA BMLS 1-E

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