This document provides biographical details about Jose Rizal, the Philippine national hero, in the first chapter. It mentions that Rizal was born on June 19, 1861 in Calamba, Laguna and baptized on June 22. It also lists the names and roles of his parents and siblings. The document then discusses the meanings behind Rizal's name and traces his ancestry on both his paternal and maternal sides.

1. Jose Rizal :
Life, Works, and Writings

2. Chapter 1: Advent of a National Hero
• 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

3. • Father Rufino Collantes - baptized Rizal
• Father Pedro Casañas - Rizal‟s godfather
• Mariano Herbosa – nephew of Casañas 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

4. 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 Doña Teodora from the surname of her
godmother based on the culture by

5. Rizal’s Parents

6. Francisco Mercado Rizal
• Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y
Alejandra II
• Born on May 11, 1818
• Born in Biñan, Laguna
• June 28, 1848, he married Teodora
• the youngest of the 13 children of
Cirila Alejandro and Juan Mercado

7. Teodora Alonzo Realonda
• Teodora Morales Alonzo Realonda y
Quintos
• Born on November 9, 1827
• Rizal‟s first teacher
• second child of Lorenzo
Alonso and Brigida de Quintos
• went to College of Sta. Rosa

8. The Rizal Children
Franciso Rizal Teodora Alonso
Saturnina
Paciano
Narcisa
Olimpia
Lucia
Maria
JOSE
Concepcion
Josefa
Trinidad
Soledad

9. Saturnina Paciano Narcisa
Olimpia Lucia Maria

10. Concepcion
(died at 3)
Jose Josefa
Trinidad
(unmarried)
Soledad

11. Ancestry Paternal Side

12. • Domingo Lameo – great-great grandfather
– A Chinese immigrant from Chang chow “China‟s City
of Spring”, he was married to Ines De la Rosa
• 1731 – he adopt the name „Mercado‟ meaning market
• Francisco Mercado – Domingo Lameo‟s son
• Juan Mercado – Francisco‟s son, married to Cirila
Alejandro
• Francisco Mercado – Rizal‟s father (son of Juan
Mercado)

13. Ancestry Maternal Side

14. • 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”