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Learning Outcomes
At the end of this Chapter, the students should be able to:
• Examine the life, family, childhood, and early education of
Dr. Jose P. Rizal
• Identify the people and events that influenced Rizal’s early
life
• Describe the characteristics that would later define Dr. Jose
P. Rizal’s character from his experiences.
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Life an Rizal
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● Rizal was born on June 19, 1861 at the lakeside town
of Calamba, Laguna.
● He was the 7th child of Don Francisco Mercado and
Dona Teodora Alonso.
● Fr. Rufino Collantes baptized the baby who was named
Jose Protacio in honor of Saint Joseph and Saint
Protacio, three days later.
Birth
● Dona Teodora was a devout follower of Saint Joseph,
and it was their custom to commemorate him on the
19th of each month. Saint Protacio, on the other hand,
is the patron saint of June 19, and was martyred in
Milan, Italy.
● His family reffered to him as Pepe.
Birth
● Rizal wrote in his dairy, “Memoirs of a Student in
Manila,” that his mother had a difficult time giving
birth to him. It is said that Dona Teodora made a pact
with Antipolo’s Patroness, Our Lady of Peace and
Good Voyage, that she would send the child she was
carrying on a pilgrimage to her shrine once she had
passed through the difficult birthing process.
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Family
● Despite their large family, Don Francisco and Dona
Teodora were able to find joy and happiness. They
have a harmonious relationship in which affections are
shared among family members.
● Their parents loved and cared for their children in the
same way that any other family would. Despite this,
they do not spoil their children. In fact, they are
present to discipline their children whenever they
commit wrongdoing or engage in harmful activities.
Family
● As Catholics, they instilled in them the importance of
being courteous to others, particularly the elderly.
Their love of God became the foundation for them to
value and respect other’s rights.
● Everyday especially on Sundays, they heard mass.
● They were accustomed to kissing their parents’ hands
after the prayer recital.
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Parents
● Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandro II
was born as the youngest of 13 children to Cirilan
Alejandro and Juan Mercado on May 11, 1818, in
Biñan Laguna. He was the 4th generation of a Chinese
immigrant named Domingo Lamco who arrived in the
late 1600.
● During his early education in his hometown, he studied
Latin, and later went on to study philosophy and Latin
at the Colegio de San Jose in Manila.
Parents
● Jose Rizal considered his father to be a “model of
fathers,” and as a result, had provided them with
education. He believed that his father was a strong-
willed, educated and independent-minded indivisual,
traits that he inherited.
● He died in Manila on January 5, 1898 at the age of 80.
Parents
● Doña Teodora Morales Alonso Realonda y Quintos
On November 9, 1827, she was born in Manila as the
second child of Lorenzo Alonso and Brigida de
Quintos.
● She attended the College of Santa Rosa.
● She died on August 16, 1911, in Manila, at the age of
85, in her home at San Fernando Street in Binondo.
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Siblings
Siblings
Rizal was close to all of his siblings. His relationship with his
only brother, Paciano, was, however, more than of an older
brother. Paciano took on the role of Rizal’s second father. Rizal
admired him and valued all of his advice.
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Childhood
● Jose Rizal’s childhood was filled with happy memories.
They lived on the Laguna Lake’s shore and at the foot of Mt.
Makiling. He enjoyed seeing the magnificent beauty of
Laguna de Bay.
● He was an amiable, thoughtful and loving son, brother and
sibling.
● Because he was frail and sickly, his parents lavished him
with tender loving care.
● Despite his physique, he can do things like any other young
man. He was well guided, particularly by his mother , who
served as his first teacher.
Childhood
● His mother noticed that he could write poems at a young age
and encourage him to keep writing.
● He was able to write a poem about his hometown. “In
Memory of My Town,” when he was a young boy.
● His father built him a small nipa hut that served as both a
sanctuary for him to play with his siblings and a resting
place for him.
● He was also attended by an Aya (nurse maid) hired by his
father to look after his needs.
Childhood
● Jose also owned a pony, which he used to ride around his
hometown’s beautiful scenery.
● Jose’s happiest memory from his childhood was a trip with
his father to Antipolo to fulfil his mother’s vow to perform
pilgrimage to the Virgin of Antipolo.
● His first trip excite him because he saw the vastness of the
river and different scenery that he hasn’t seen in his
hometown.
Early
Education
First Teacher: His Mother
Teodora
Rizal was first educated at home by his mother, Doña
Teodora, who was a remarkable and educated woman
in her own right. She was Rizal’s first teacher.
• Despite the fact that the mutiny lasted only two days due to the colonial
administration’s quick response, massive arrest were made, including
those who had no connection to the mutiny.
The Martyrdom of GOMBURZA
• Accordingly, GOMBURZA, despite the archbishop’s plea for clemency
because of their innocence, were executed on February 17, 1872, by
order of Governor General Izquierdo.
• Their martyrdom was deeply mourned by the Rizal family and many
other patriotic families in the Philippines.