Jose Rizal : Life, Works, and Writings

Chapter 1:

• June 19, 1861 – birth date of Jose Rizal

• Born in Calamba, Laguna Province

• June 22, 1861 – baptismal of Rizal

• nickname “Pepe”

• the greatest Filipino hero and peerless genius

Advent of a National Hero

• Father Rufino Collantes - baptized Rizal

• Father Pedro Casañas - Rizal’s godfather

• Mariano Herbosa – nephew of Casañas and will marry Lucia

• “Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado Y Alonzo Realonda”

• Lieutenant-General Jose Lemery –the governor general of the Philippines when Rizal was born

Meanings of name

• Jose - was chosen by his mother who was a devotee of the Christian saint SanJose (St. Joseph)

• Protacio - from Gervacio P. which come from a Christian calendar • Mercado-  adopted in 1731 by Domigo Lamco (the paternal great-

great-grandfather of Jose Rizal) which the Spanish term mercado means ‘market’ in English

• Rizal - from the word ‘Ricial’ in Spanish means a field where wheat, cut while stillgreen, sprouts again

• Alonzo- old surname of his mother •  Y - and• Realonda - it was used by Doña Teodora from the surname of her

godmother based on the culture by

Rizal’s Parents

Francisco Mercado Rizal

• Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y

Alejandra II 

• Born on May 11, 1818 

• Born in  Biñan, Laguna

• June 28, 1848, he married Teodora

• the youngest of the 13 children of

Cirila Alejandro and Juan Mercado

Teodora Alonzo Realonda

• Teodora Morales Alonzo Realonda y

Quintos

• Born on November 9, 1827

• Rizal’s first teacher

• second child of Lorenzo

Alonso and Brigida de Quintos

• went to College of Sta. Rosa

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The Rizal Children

Saturnina Paciano Narcisa

Olimpia Lucia Maria

siblings

Concepcion(died at 3)

Jose Josefa

Soledad

Trinidad(unmarried)

siblings

Ancestry Paternal Side

• Domingo Lameo – great-great grandfather

– A Chinese immigrant from Chang chow “China’s City of Spring”, he was married to Ines De la Rosa

• 1731 – he adopt the name ‘Mercado’ meaning market• Francisco Mercado – Domingo Lameo’s son• Juan Mercado – Francisco’s son, married to Cirila

Alejandro• Francisco Mercado – Rizal’s father (son of Juan

Mercado)

Ancestry Maternal Side

• Lakan Dula – descendant• Eugenio Ursua – great-great grandfather of Rizal

– he was married to Benigna • Regina – daughter of Eugenio, married to Manuel De

Quintos• Brigida – daughter of Regina, married to Lorenzo

Alberto, mother of Narcisa, Teodora, Gregorio, Jose and Manuel

• Rizal – “racial”; meaning “new pasture” and “green field”