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Chapter 1: Advent of a National Hero

June 19, 1861 birth date of Jose Rizal
Born in Calamba, Laguna Province

Jose Rizal :

June 22, 1861 baptismal of Rizal

Life, Works, and Writings

nickname Pepe
the greatest Filipino hero and peerless genius

Meanings of name

Father Rufino Collantes - baptized Rizal

Father Pedro Casaas - Rizals godfather
Mariano Herbosa nephew of Casaas 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

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 greatgreat-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 Doa Teodora from the surname of her
godmother based on the culture by

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Francisco Mercado Rizal

Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y
Alejandra II
Born on May 11, 1818

Rizals Parents

Born in Bian, Laguna

June 28, 1848, he married Teodora
the youngest of the 13 children of
Cirila Alejandro and Juan Mercado

The Rizal Children

Teodora Alonzo Realonda
Franciso Rizal

Teodora Alonso

Teodora Morales Alonzo Realonda y

Quintos
Born on November 9, 1827
Rizals first teacher
second child of Lorenzo
Alonso and Brigida de Quintos
went to College of Sta. Rosa

Saturnina
Paciano
Narcisa
Olimpia
Lucia
Maria
JOSE
Concepcion
Josefa
Trinidad
Soledad

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Concepcion
(died at 3)

Saturnina

Paciano

Narcisa

Jose

Josefa

Trinidad
(unmarried)

Olimpia

Lucia

Maria

Ancestry Paternal Side

Soledad

Domingo Lameo great-great grandfather

A Chinese immigrant from Chang chow Chinas City
of Spring, he was married to Ines De la Rosa
1731 he adopt the name Mercado meaning market
Francisco Mercado Domingo Lameos son
Juan Mercado Franciscos son, married to Cirila
Alejandro
Francisco Mercado Rizals father (son of Juan
Mercado)

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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