Jose Rizal:Life, Works, and Writings
Jose Rizal:Life, Works, and Writings
Jose Rizal:Life, Works, and Writings
and Writings
Chapter 1: Advent of a National Hero
• 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
• 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 Domingo 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 still
green, 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
culture
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
The Rizal Children of Franciso Rizal and Teodora Alonso:
Saturnina, Paciano, Narcisa, Olimpia, Lucia, Maria, JOSE,
Concepcion, Josefa, Trinidad, and Soledad
Saturnina, Paciano, Narcisa, Olimpia, Lucia, Maria,
Concepcion (died at 3), Jose, Josefa,
Trinidad(unmarried), and Soledad in that order
Ancestry Paternal Side
• Domingo Lamco – 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 Lamco‟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 – “ricial”; meaning “new pasture” and “green
field”