005 Romances of Rizal

Life and Works of Rizal
• Romances of Rizal
Source: An outline of Jose Rizal’s Life

C. QUILANG
ROMANCES OF RIZAL
Segunda Katigbak
• Rizal first romance that was then sixteen years old
• A pretty fourteen-year old Batangueña from Lipa
• She was the sister of Rizal’s friend, Mariano Katigbak
• Close friend of Rizal’s sister Olimpia, was a boarding student in La Concordia College
• Engaged to be married to her town mate, Manuel Luz
• The love of Rizal and Segunda was indeed “a Love at first sight”
• The last time they talked to each other was one Thursday in December, 1877 when the
Christmas vacation was about to begin
• Rizal returned home, dazed and desolate, with his first romance “ruined by his own shyness
and reserve.”
ROMANCES OF RIZAL
Miss L (Jacinta Ibardo Laza)
• Young woman in Calamba
• After visiting her in her house several times, Rizal suddenly stopped his
wooing, and the romance died a natural death
• Rizal gave two reasons for his change of heart namely
1. The sweet memory of Segunda was still fresh in his heart
2. His father did not like the family of “Miss L”
ROMANCES OF RIZAL
Leonor Valenzuela
• During Rizal sophomore year at the University of Santo Tomas, he boarded in the
house of Doña Concha Leyva in Intramuros wherein the next-door neighbors of
Doña Concha were Capitan Juan and Capitana Sanday Valenzuela
• Charming daughter of Capitan Juan and Capitana Sanday Valenzuela from
Pagsanjan, Laguna
• Rizal sent her love notes written in invisible ink—ink consisted of common table
salt and water—the secret of reading any note written in the invisible ink by
heating it over a candle or lamp so that the words may appear
• Orang was her pet name
• Rizal stopped short of proposing marriage to Orang
ROMANCES OF RIZAL
Leonor Rivera
• Rizal’s cousin from Camiling, Tarlac
• In 1879, at the start of his junior year at the university, Rizal lived in “Casa
Tomasina” at No. 6 Calle Santo Tomas, Intramuros owned by his uncle
Antonio Rivera
• A student at La Concordia College, where Soledad, youngest sister, was then
studying
• Born in Camiling, Tarlac on April 11, 1867
• In her letters to Rizal, she signed her name as “Taimis” in order to camouflage
their intimate relationship from their parents and friends
• Died on August 28, 1893
ROMANCES OF RIZAL
Consuelo Ortiga y Perez
• A young woman in Madrid
• Rizal was attracted by Consuelo’s beauty and vivacity
• Rizal composed a lovely poem on August 22, 1883 dedicated to her, entitled A La
Señorita C.O.y.P (to Miss C.O.y.P) expressing his admirations for her
• Before Rizal romance with Consuelo could blossom into a serious affair, he
suddenly backed out for two reasons:
1. He was still engaged to Leonor Rivera
2. His friends and co-worker in the Propaganda Movement, Eduardo de Lete, was
madly in love with Consuelo and he had no wish to break their friendship
because of a pretty girl.
ROMANCES OF RIZAL
Seiko Usui
• Rizal affectionately called her O-Sei-San
• A lonely Japanese Girl of 23 years old and had never yet experienced the
ecstasy of true love
• The beautiful romance between Rizal and O-Sei-San inevitably came to a
dolorous ending. Sacrificing his personal happiness, Rizal had to carry on
his libertarian mission in Europe, leaving behind the lovely O-Sei-San
• Married Mr. Alfred Charlton, a British teacher of chemistry, and was
blessed by only one child—Yuriko
• Died on May 1, 1947 at the age of 80
ROMANCES OF RIZAL
Gertrude Beckett
• Oldest of the three Beckett sisters
• Called Gettie or Tottie by her friends
• A buxom English girl with brown hair, blue eyes, and rosy cheeks
• Rizal affectionately called her “Gettie”, in reciprocation; she fondly
called him “Pettie”
• Rizal suddenly realized that he could not marry Gettie for he had a
mission to fulfill in life
ROMANCES OF RIZAL
Petite Suzanne Jacoby
• Pretty niece of his landladies
• Rizal found certain bliss in the company of this pretty Belgian girl
• Rizal might flirted with Petite Suzanne, but he could not stoop low to a
deceptive amorous relationship
• She fell in love with Rizal and cried when Rizal left toward the end of
July, 1890 for Madrid, stopping for a few days in Paris
ROMANCES OF RIZAL
Nellie Boustead
• The prettier and younger daughter of Eduardo Boustead
• Rizal found her to be a real Filipina, highly intelligent, vivacious in temperament,
and morally upright
• Rizal wrote to his intimate friends, except Professor Blumentritt, of his love for
Nellie and his intention to propose marriage to her
• Rizal’s marriage proposal failed for two reasons:
1. He refused to give up his Catholic faith and be converted to Protestantism, as
Nelly demanded
2. Nelly’s mother did not like Rizal as a son-in-law
ROMANCES OF RIZAL
Josephine Bracken
• An Irish girl of sweet eighteen
• Born in Hong Kong on October 3, 1876 of Irish parents—James
Bracken, a corporal in the British garrison and Elizabeth Jane Macbride
• She was adopted by Mr. George Taufer, who later became blind
• Rizal and Josephine fell in love with each other at first sight
• After a whirlwind romance for one month, they agreed to marry but
Father Obach, the priest of Dapitan, refused to marry them without the
permission of the Bishop of Cebu
ROMANCES OF RIZAL
Josephine Bracken
• Since no priest would marry them, Rizal and Josephine held hands together and
married themselves before the eyes of God. They lived as man and wife in
Dapitan
• Rizal wrote a poem for Josephine
• In the early part of 1896, Rizal was extremely happy because Josephine was
expecting a baby
• Unfortunately, Rizal played a prank on her, frightening her so that she
prematurely gave birth to an eight-month baby boy who loved only for three
hours
• The lost son of Rizal was named “Francisco” in honor of Don Francisco (hero’s
father) and was buried in Dapitan

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