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 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


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

Rizals Parents
Francisco Mercado Rizal
Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y
Alejandra II
Born on May 11, 1818
Born in Bian, 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
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
Franciso Rizal Teodora Alonso
The Rizal Children
Saturnina Paciano Narcisa
Olimpia
Lucia Maria
Concepcion
(died at 3)
Jose
Josefa
Soledad
Trinidad
(unmarried)
Ancestry Paternal Side
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)
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