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  2. José Rizal - Wikipedia

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    In 1901, the American Governor General William Howard Taft suggested that the U.S.-sponsored Philippine Commission name Rizal a national hero for Filipinos. Jose Rizal was an ideal candidate, favourable to the American occupiers since he was dead, and non-violent, a favourable quality which, if emulated by Filipinos, would not threaten the ...

  3. Leonor Rivera - Wikipedia

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    Rizal wanted to meet Rivera and vice versa, but both were prohibited by their respective fathers; Francisco Mercado barred his son from meeting her in order to avoid putting the Rivera family in danger, as Rizal had by then been labeled a filibustero or subversive by the Spanish colonial government [3] because of his novel, Noli Me Tangere ...

  4. Josephine Bracken - Wikipedia

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    Marie Josephine Leopoldine Bracken (August 9, 1876 – March 14, 1902) was the common-law wife of Filipino nationalist José Rizal during his exile in Dapitan. [2] [3] [4] Hours before Rizal's execution on December 30, 1896, the couple were allegedly married at Fort Santiago following Rizal's alleged reconciliation with the Catholic Church.

  5. Francisco Rizal Mercado - Wikipedia

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    Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandro (May 11, 1818 – January 5, 1898) was the father of the Philippines' national hero Jose Rizal. He was born in Biñan , La Laguna (present-day Laguna). He had a wife named Teodora Realonda y Quintos and had 11 children altogether.

  6. Teodora Alonso Realonda - Wikipedia

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    Teodora Alonso Realonda y Quintos (November 9, 1827 – August 16, 1911) was a wealthy woman in the Spanish colonial Philippines.She was best known as the mother of the Philippines' national hero Jose Rizal.

  7. Trinidad Rizal - Wikipedia

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    Trinidad Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (June 6, 1868 – May 9, 1951), commonly known as Trinidad Rizal, was a Filipina feminist leader and co-founder of the Philippines' first feminist organization, the Asociación Femenista Filipina. She was the tenth sibling of the national hero, physician and writer, Dr. José Rizal.

  8. Miguel Malvar - Wikipedia

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    Malvar and his family had a friendship with José Rizal and his family. Rizal mended the harelip of Malvar's wife and Saturnina Rizal lent Malvar 1,000 pesos as an initial capital to start a business. [3] Saturnina's husband, Manuel, was a relative of Malvar's, and Soledad Rizal Quintero's daughter, Amelia married Malvar's eldest son, Bernabe.

  9. Alberto Mansion - Wikipedia

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    The house was built around the 1800s and was owned by Jose Alberto Alonzo. [1] The house is noted for its connection to the family of José Rizal. Alonzo is the father of Rizal's mother Teodora Alonso Realonda. Biñan is where Realonda would spend her teenage years and where she would meet Rizal's father Francisco Mercado who lived in a house ...