His Birth and Early Chilhood

José Protasio Rizal Mercado

y Alonso Realonda
His Birth
 Jose P. Rizal was born on
the 19th of June , 1861.
 He was given birth at 11 years old 16 years old
Calamba, Laguna.
 Her mother get his name
from St. Joseph( Christian
Saint San Jose).
 He is baptized three days
later in Catholic church.
18 years old 25 years old
 He is 7th in 11 children of
Francisco Mercado Rizal
and Teodora Alonso
Realonda.
Rizal’s
Parents
 Francisco Mercado was
born in Binan, Laguna on
May 11, 1818.
 He lost his father at the
age of 8 and grew with
her mother.
 He studied Latin and
Philosophy at the College
of San Jose in Manila
 He fell in love with
Teodora Alonso Realonda
and get married in 1848
 As couple, they settled at
Calamba and start
farming and business.
 He died at the age of 80
years old.
 Rizal’s
Parents
 Teodora Alonso Realonda was
born in Manila on November 8,
1826
 Studied at College of Santa Rosa
 She did not only speak Spanish
fluently, but also known as
mathematician.
 Her family came from royalty or
from Lakandula, the native king of
Tondo
 Her great grand father married a
Filipina names Benigna, and
whose daughrt married a Filipino-
Chinese lawyer. The couple had a
daughter who married Lorenzo
Alberto Alfonso. Teodora Alonso
was their daughther.
Rizal
Children
 Saturnina Mercado Rizal
Hidalgo

 She studied at La Concordia

College at Santa Ana

 She married Manuel T.

Hidalgo from Tanauan,
Batangas

 She brought the news that

their parents had been
forcibly ejected from their
house and transferred to
Narcissa’s house , Apolinio’s
wife
Rizal
Children
 General Paciano Mercado
Rizal
 The only brother of Jose Rizal.
He was born in 1851.
 Studied in Binan later attending
school at the Colegio de San Jose
in Manila.
 After the execution of his
brother, he joined in the
Philippine Revolution where he
rose up to the ranks of a
General.
 He married Severina Decena of
Los Banos and had two children
of which one died at an early
age. Paciano passed away in
1930.
Rizal
Children
 Narcisa Rizal Lopez

 born in 1852

 the one who found the

unmarked grave of her
brother, Jose in the
abandoned Old Paco
Cemetery.

 Narcisa married Antonio

Lopez who was a teacher
and musician from Morong,
Rizal. She died in 1938.
Rizal
Children
 Olympia Rizal Ubaldo

 born in 1855

 Yeppa was her pet name

 She married Silvestre

Ubaldo and together they
had three children.

 She died in 1887 when

she was only 32 years old.
Rizal
Children
 Lucia Rizal Herbosa

 born in 1857

 She married Mariano Herbosa

and had 5 children together.

 In 1889 Mariano died due to an

epidemic but was denied a
Christian burial. This was due to
the fact that he was the brother
in law of Jose Rizal. This showed
the beginning of the persecution
of the Rizal family by Spanish
friars. Lucia died in 1919.
Rizal
Children
 Maria Cruz Rizal

 born in 1855
 She married Daniel Faustino
Cruz of Binan, Laguna and
together they had 5 children.
 Mauricio Cruz, one of Maria's
children became a student of
Jose Rizal in Dapitan and was
known to be one of his uncle's
favorites.
 Maria was a known recipient
of many od Jose's letters
during his lifetime. Maria died
in 1945.
Rizal
Children
 José Protasio Rizal Mercado y
Alonso Realonda

 The hero

 His nickname is Pepe

 He lived with Josephine

Bracken, an Irish girl from Hong
Kong and who bore him a son,
who died a few hours after birth
Rizal
Children
 Concepcion Rizal

 her pet name was Concha

 She died at the age of 3

 Her death was mourned

greatly by the family,
especially Jose.

 Jose described the death of

Conception as his first
sorrow
Rizal
Children
 Josefa Rizal

 She is called as Panggoy

 She lived unmarried

together with her sister
Trinidad until she died at
age of 80.
Rizal
Children
 Trinidad Rizal

 Trinning is her pet name

 She live unmarried with

her sister

 Trinidad was the one who

recieved an alcohol lamp
from brother Jose, in which
he secretly hid the "Last
Farewell" better known as
"Mi Ultimos Adios," a poem
Rizal wrote on the eve of
his death in 1896.

 She died at age of 83

Rizal
Children
 Soledad Rizal
Quintero

 Choleng is her pet

name

 She married Pantaleon

Quintero and together
they had 5 children.
Soledad died in 1929.
 Rizal’s Family
 The Rizal’s was a large a family, but they had
in general a pleasant and humorous
relationship, their friction being minimal and
normal.
Early
Childhood