Rizal's Love Romances by William Jay MQ.

Rizal's Love Romances by William Jay MQ.

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  RIZAL’S LOVE ROMANCES Presented by: WilliamJay M. Quiñones
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  • Jose Rizal,the national hero of the Philippines, great propagandist, novelist, was also known to be very good in courting men, he met quite a lot of women in his years. Known to be a smooth talker, Rizal charmed these women with his intelligence, charisma and wit. • Some label him a womanizer, in my opinion though, he had respect with all the women that he had relationships with and he never had a relationship with two women at the same time
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  According to somehistorians there were nine (9) women who were known to have a love affair with our national hero but there are other historians and sources claimed that Rizal have more than 9 women. Here are the list of Rizal’s love
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   Rizal’s firstlove  a pretty 14-year-old Bataguena from Lipa Rizal met her during his visit to his maternal grandmother house Rizal became interested in her and got to know her more intimately during his weekly visit to La Concordia College, where his sister Olympia was a boarding student.  Olympia’s friend SEGUNDA KATIGBAK
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  JACINTA IBARDO LAZAAKA “MISS L”  From Pakil, Laguna Rizal have Jacinta his full love and attention for the reason to forget all the heartaches that Segunda brought him Rizal described her as “fair with seductive
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  LEONOR VALENZUELA  “Orang” Neighbor ofRizal during his sophomore year at the UST Daughter of Capitan Juan and Sanday Valenzuela Rizal sent love notes written in an invisible ink consisting of table salt and water. He taught Orang of reading it by a candle or lamp so that the words may appear.
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  LEONOR RIVERA  Taimis Rizal’schildhood sweetheart, first cousin from Camiling Rizal’s inspiration for Maria Clara in his novel Rizal was 18y.o. when he met Leonor while Leonor was 13 y.o. Their love was forbidden by their parents to avoid putting the lives of Rivera family from danger
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  CONSUELO ORTIGA yPerez  daughter of Don Pablo Ortiga y Rey, Mayor of Manila Rizal showed affection to her but was not quite serious as he was still engaged back then, considered a classic rebound fling Rizal composed a lovely poem on August 22,1883 dedicated to her. The poem entitled , “A La Señorita C.O.Yp (To Miss C.O.yP)
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  GERTRUDE BECKETT “Gettie”, a blue-eyedand buxom girl Daughter of Charles Beckett, who was Rizal landlord when he stayed in London, England in May 1888. Gettie was apparently keen on Rizal, helping him with his artwork. He helped Rizal to finish his works, namely: “Prometheus Bound”; “The Triumph of Death Over Life”; and The Triumph of Science over Death”; Annotation of Sucesos de Las Islas Filipinas
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  O-Sei-San/Seiko Usui “Daughter of Samurai” Workedat the Spanish Legation in Tokyo She was 23 y.o. when she met the 27 y.o. Rizal She spoke both English and French. She taught Rizal Japanese Dates were spent exploring park, shrines, and museums such as the Imperial Art Gallery It lasts their affair for 2 months
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  Suzanne Jacoby A Belgianwoman Rizal met Suzanne during his stay in Belgium, he stayed the boarding house of the 2 Jacoby sisters. Their relationship may be a fling as Rizal did not mention her to his friends Rizal left the country leaving Suzanne heartbroken, and later returned, not for Suzanne but to continue writing the El Filibusterismo
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  Nellie Boustead  Rizalmet Nellie during his stay in Paris Daughter of British businessman Eduardo Boustead and was half Filipina They were involved in a love triangle with Antonio Luna
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  Josephine Bracken  Bornin Hongkong on October 3,1876  Her parents were Irish but was adopted by George Taufer Rizal met her back in Dapitan during his exile Rizal’s fiancé  “slender, with chestnut blonde hair, with blue eyes, dressed with elegant simplicity, with an atmosphere of light gaiety”
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  Josephine Bracken