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    Jose Rizal had romantic relationships with several women throughout his life. Some of the most significant were Leonor Valenzuela, his first love from Pagsanjan who he exchanged secret letters with; Leonor Rivera, who was his sweetheart for 11 years until her mother disapproved; and Josephine Bracken, an 18-year-old he met in Dapitan and asked to marry him, though they were unable to wed before his execution. Rizal had a number of other romances as well, though he remained devoted over the long-term primarily to Leonor Rivera.

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    Jose Rizal had romantic relationships with several women throughout his life. Some of the most significant were Leonor Valenzuela, his first love from Pagsanjan who he exchanged secret letters with; Leonor Rivera, who was his sweetheart for 11 years until her mother disapproved; and Josephine Bracken, an 18-year-old he met in Dapitan and asked to marry him, though they were unable to wed before his execution. Rizal had a number of other romances as well, though he remained devoted over the long-term primarily to Leonor Rivera.

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    Jose Rizal had romantic relationships with several women throughout his life. Some of the most significant were Leonor Valenzuela, his first love from Pagsanjan who he exchanged secret letters with; Leonor Rivera, who was his sweetheart for 11 years until her mother disapproved; and Josephine Bracken, an 18-year-old he met in Dapitan and asked to marry him, though they were unable to wed before his execution. Rizal had a number of other romances as well, though he remained devoted over the long-term primarily to Leonor Rivera.

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    Jose Rizal had romantic relationships with several women throughout his life. Some of the most significant were Leonor Valenzuela, his first love from Pagsanjan who he exchanged secret letters with; Leonor Rivera, who was his sweetheart for 11 years until her mother disapproved; and Josephine Bracken, an 18-year-old he met in Dapitan and asked to marry him, though they were unable to wed before his execution. Rizal had a number of other romances as well, though he remained devoted over the long-term primarily to Leonor Rivera.

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    1

    Who is Jose Rizal?


    Name: José Protacio Mercado Rizal
    Alonzo Y Realonda

    Born: June 19, 1861, Calamba.

    Died: Dec. 30, 1896, Manila

    His journey begins and ended


    with beautiful and heart
    broken memoir…

    Rizal's Love Affairs 2


    Who are the Women who Caught
    his Heart?
    1. Segunda Katigbak
    2. Leonor Valenzuela
    3. Leonor Rivera
    4. Consuelo Ortiga
    5. O Sei San
    6. Gertrude Beckett
    7. Nellie Bousted
    8. Suzanne Jacoby
    9. Josephine Bracken

    Rizal's Love Affairs 3


    Segunda Katigbak
    Rizal was his puppy
    love.
    Unfortunately, his
    first love was
    engaged to be
    married to a town
    mate- Manuel Luz.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 4


    After his admiration
    for a short girl in the
    person of Segunda, then
    came ..

    Rizal's Love Affairs 5


    “ Mapupula ang kaniyang pisngi, may
    kahali-halinang ngiti, at para siyang
    ada, ang buong katauhan niya’y may
    di- maipaliwanag na bighani.”

    -Jose Rizal

    Rizal's Love Affairs 6


    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.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 7


    He visited her on the eve
    of his departure to Spain
    and bade her a last
    goodbye.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 8


    Rizal's Love Affairs 9
    Leonor Rivera
    - his sweetheart
    for 11 years played
    the greatest
    influence in
    keeping him from
    falling in love with
    other women
    during his travel.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 10


    Unfortunately, Leonor’s
    mother disapproved of
    her daughter’s
    relationship with Rizal,
    who was then a known
    filibustero.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 11


    Leonor Rivera
    She hid from 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.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 12


    Rizal's Love Affairs 13
    Consuelo Ortiga Y
    Rey
    The prettier of Don
    Pablo Ortiga’s
    daughters, fell in love
    with him.
    He dedicated to her
    A la Senorita C.O. y
    R., which became one
    of his best poems.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 14


    The Ortiga's residence in
    Madrid was frequented by
    Rizal and his compatriots.
    He probably fell in love with
    her and Consuelo apparently
    asked him for
    romantic
    verses.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 15


    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 destroy his friendship
    with Eduardo de Lete
    who was madly in love
    with Consuelo.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 16


    Rizal's Love Affairs 17
    O Sei 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.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 18


    If Rizal was a man without a
    patriotic mission, he would have
    married this lovely and
    intelligent woman and lived a
    stable and happy life with her
    in Japan because Spanish
    legation there offered
    him a lucrative job.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 19


    Rizal's Love Affairs 20
    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.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 21


    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.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 22


    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.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 23


    “Siya ay isang dalagang may asul na
    mga mata, mapupulang pisngi at
    buhok na kulay-kayumanggi.”

    – Jose Rizal

    Rizal's Love Affairs 24


    Nellie Bousted
    •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.
    Rizal's Love Affairs 25
    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.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 26


    Nellie Bousted
    In a party held by
    Filipinos in Madrid, a
    drunken Antonio Luna
    uttered unsavory remarks
    against Nellie Boustead.
    This prompted Rizal to
    challenge Luna into a
    duel.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 27


    Fortunately, Luna apologized to
    Rizal, thus averting tragedy for
    the compatriots.
    Their love affair unfortunately did
    not end in marriage.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 28


    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
    clientele to be a son-
    in-law.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 29


    The lovers, however, parted as
    good friends when Rizal left
    Europe.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 30


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    Suzanne Jacoby
    In 1890, 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.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 32


    In time, they fell deeply in
    love with each other.
    Suzanne cried when Rizal left
    Brussels and wrote him when
    he was in Madrid.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 33


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    Josephine Bracken
    In the last days of
    February 1895, while
    still in Dapitan, Rizal
    met an 18-year old
    petite Irish girl, with
    bold blue eyes, brown
    hair and a happy
    disposition.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 35


    She was Josephine Bracken,
    the adopted daughter of
    George Taufer from Hong
    Kong, who came to Dapitan to
    seek Rizal for eye treatment.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 36


    Rizal was physically attracted to
    her.
    His loneliness and boredom must
    have taken the measure of him and
    what could be a better
    diversion that to fall in
    love again.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 37


    But the Rizal sisters
    suspected Josephine as an
    agent of the friars and they
    considered her as a threat
    to Rizal’s security.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 38


    Rizal asked Josephine to marry him,
    but she was not yet ready to make a
    decision due to her responsibility to
    the blind Taufer.
    Since Taufer’s blindness was
    untreatable, he left for
    Hong Kong on March 1895.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 39


    Josephine stayed with Rizal’s
    family in Manila.
    Upon her return to Dapitan,
    Rizal tried to arrange with
    Father Antonio Obach for
    their marriage.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 40


    However, the priest wanted a
    retraction as a precondition before
    marrying them.
    Rizal upon the advice of his family
    and friends and with Josephine’s
    consent took her as his wife
    even without the Church
    blessings.

    Rizal's Love Affairs 41


    Josephine later give birth
    prematurely to a stillborn
    baby, a result of some
    incidence, which might have
    shocked or frightened her.

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    Reference:
    https://dimasalanglaonglaan.wordp
    ress.com/women-in-rizals-life/

    https://bshmjoserizal.weebly.com/
    our-hero-jose-rizal/chapter-
    seven-women-of-rizal

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