Romance of Jose Rizal

Rizal
Romance
Name: Jose Protacio Realonda Alonso
Mercado Rizal
Born: June 19, 1861, Calamba
Died: December 30, 1896, Manila
His Journey begins and ended

with beautiful
and heart broken memoir....
Who are the women who
caught his Heart • Segunda Katigbak
• Leonor Valenzuela
• Leonor Rivera
• Consuelo Ortiga
• O Sie San
• Gertrude Beckett
• Nellie Bousted
• Suzanne Jacoby
• Josephine Bracken
SEGUNDA KATIGBAK
Rizal was his puppy love.
Unfortunately, his first love was engaged

to be married to a townmate- Manuel
Luz.
SEGUNDA KATIGBAK
After his admiration for a short girl in the
person of Segunda, then came....
“Mapupula ang kaniyang pisngi,
may kahali-halinang ngiti, at para
siyang ada, ang buong katauhan
niya’y may di-maipaliwanag na
bighani.”
-Jose Rizal9
LEONOR VALENZUELA
A tall girl from Pagsanjan
Rizal Send her love notes written in
invisible ink, that could only be
deciphered over the warmth of the lamp
or candle.
LEONOR VALENZUELA
He visited her on the eve of his departure
to Spain and bade her a last goodbye.
“Isa siyang matangkad na
dalagang napakaganda ng
tindig.”
-Jose Rizal9
LEONOR RIVERA
His sweetheart for 11 years played the
greatest influence in keeping him from
falling in love with other women during
his travel.
LEONOR RIVERA
Unfortunately, Leonor’s mother
disapproved of her daughter’s relationship
with Rizal, who was then a known
Filibustero.
LEONOR RIVERA
She hid form Leonor all letters sent to her
sweetheart.
Leonor believing that Rizal had already
forgotten her, sadly consented her to marry
the Englishman Henry
Kipping, her mother’s choice.
“Maganda siya, mayumi gaya ng
namumukadkad na bulaklak na
may mabubuting mata.”
-Jose Rizal9
CONSUELO ORTIGA Y REY
Th e pr e t t i e r o f Do n P a b l o O r t i ga ’ s
daughter , fell in love with him.
He dedicated to her A la Senorita C.O.y. R,
Which became one of his best poems.
The Ortiga’s residence in Madrid was
frequented by Rizal and his compatriots.
He probably feel in love with her and
Co n s u e l o a ppa r e n t l y a s k e d h i m f o r
romantic.
He suddenly backed out before the relationship
turned into a serious romance, because he
wanted to remain loyal to Leonor Rivera and he
did not want to Leonor Rivera and he did not
want to destroy his friendship with Eduardo de
Lete who was madly in love with Consuelo.
“ A n g K a n y a n g ga n d a a y
nakakaakit.”
-Jose Rizal9
O SIE SAN
A Japanese samurai’s daughter taught Rizal the
Japanese art of Painting Known as Su mie. She
Also helped Rizal improve his knowledge of
Japanese language.
O SIE SAN
If Rizal was a man without a patriotic mission,
he would have married his lovely and intelligent
woman and lived a stable and happy life with her
in Japan because Spanish legation there offered
him a lucrative job.
“Ikaw ang kulay ng kamelya, anf
pagkasariwa nito, ang pagiging
elegante.O-Sei-San-Sayonara!
Sayonara.”
-Jose Rizal9
GERTRUDE BECKETT
While Rizal was in London annotating the
Sucesos de Las Islas Filipinas, he boarded in the
house of the Beckett family, within walking
distance of the British Museum.
GERTRUDE BECKETT
A blue eye and buxom girl was the oldest of the
three Beckett daughters. She fell in love with
Rizal.
Tottie helped him in his painting and sculpture.
But Rizal suddenly left London for Paris to
avoid Gertrude, who was seriously in love with
him.
GERTRUDE BECKETT
Before leaving London, he was able to finish the
group carving of the Beckett Sisters.
He gave the group carving to Gertrude as a sign

of their brief relationship.
“Siya ay isang dalagang may asul
na mga mata, mapupulang pisngi
at buhok na kulay-kayumanggi.”
-Jose Rizal9
NELLIE BOUSTEAD
Rizal having lost Leonor Rivera, entertained the
thought of courting other ladies.
While a guest of the Boustead family at their
residence in the resort city of Biarritz, he had
befriended the two pretty daughters of his host,
Eduardo Boustead.
NELLIE BOUSTEAD
Rizal used to fence with the sisters at the studio of
Juan Luna. Antonio Luna, Juan’s brother and also
a frequent visitor of the Boustead’s courted Nellie
but she was deeply infatuated with Rizal.
Their love affair unfortunately did not end in

marriage.
NELLIE BOUSTEAD
It failed because Rizal refused to be converted to
the Protestant faith , as Nellie demanded and
Nellie’s mother did not like a physician without
enough paying client to be a son-in-law.
The lovers, however, parted as good friends when
Rizal Left Europe.
“Isa siyang dalagang tunay na
matalino, masayahin at matwid.”
-Jose Rizal9
SUZANNE JACOBY
In 1980, Rizal moved to Brussels because of the
high cost of living in Paris.
In Brussels, he lived in the boarding house of the

two Jacoby sisters.
SUZANNE JACOBY
In time, they fell deeply in love with each other.
Suzanne Cried when Rizal Left Brussels and wrote
him when he was in Madrid.
JOSEPHINE BRACKEN
In the last days of February 1895, while still in
Dapitan, Rizal met an 18-years old petite Irish girl,
with a bold blue eyes , brown hair and a happy
disposition
JOSEPHINE BRACKEN
The adopted daughter of George Taufer from
Hong Kong, who came to Dapitan to seek Rizal
for eye treatment.
JOSEPHINE BRACKEN
Rizal was Physically attracted to her.
His loneliness and boredom must have taken
measure of him and what could be a better
diversion that to fall in love again.
JOSEPHINE BRACKEN
Rizal asked Josephine to marry him, but she was
not yet ready to make a decision due to her
responsibility to blind Taufer.
JOSEPHINE BRACKEN
Josephine later give birth prematurely to a still
born bay, a result of some incidence, which
might have shocked or frightened her.
“Siya ay balingkinitan, may buhok
na kulay kastanyas, asul na mga
mata, simpleng manamit, at
masayahin.”
-Jose Rizal9

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Rizal

His Journey begins and ended

Unfortunately, his first love was engaged

He gave the group carving to Gertrude as a sign

Their love affair unfortunately did not end in

In Brussels, he lived in the boarding house of the

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