“The Girlfriends Of Dr. Jose Rizal” The Copyrigh right And Info Inform rma ation tion That Is Given iven To Me For My Resea search And Repo eport Belong long To Dr. Jose Jose Riza izal Nation tional Libra ibrary ry Located ted At Aten teneo De Manila. ila. The Pictu icture re Of The Girlfrien irlfriend Of Dr. Jose Rizal izal Was Taken Is From rom The Newspaper Section Of The Libra ibrary ry (In (Inquirer: irer: News Artic rticle le Page 3 Titled itled The 12 Girlfrien irlfriend Of Dr. Jose Riza izal. Patrick trick Paul S. Alva lvarad rado Resea esearche rcherr And Reporter. eporter. Sir. Raym aymond Edisun isun Mindan indanao ao Profe rofes ssor In Rizal izal
1. Julia Celeste Smith Julia lia is a sixte ixtee en year old old lad lady she was the the firs first girlfr irlfrie ien nd of Riza izal. Rizal was check checking ing their their tree yard yard of atis, bali balim mbing, bing, macop acopa, a, santo santol,l, and tam tampoy this this tre tree yard end to the the rive river side ide or rive river shore and Riza izal was only 15 when he first first saw Julia by accide ident in a rive river named Dampalit palit in Los Los Baño años a few few days after fter Easter ter in 1877. Sh She was wearing ring a red red wrap raparou round skirt. irt. Julia could not catch tch the the butterfly tterfly she she was cha chasing sing. Rizal izal ever ver gallan gallant, t, caug caught ht two two, Trillana wrote. rote. Heart eart beatin beating g with strang strange e fon fondness, Riza izal offere ffered d her the the butterflies tterflies and she she laug laughed with inn innocent plea leasure. He was ins instan tantly attrac ttracted ted to her. But for for lack lacko of sub subsequent contact, tact, Rizal izal eventua tually forg forgo ot Julia Celes leste Smith.
2. Segunda Katigbak Segun egunda da is is a pretty pretty fourtee fourteen n year year old lady lady Bataq taqueña from from Lipa ipa was the the second girlfrie irlfrien nd of Riza izal. She was rath rathe er short, with eye eyes that that were ere eloqu loquent, ent, arde rdent at time times, langu languid id at others others,, rosy rosy – chee cheeke ked, d, with an encha chanting ting and provo rovoca cativ tive e smile tha that reve reveale aled d very very beau eautiful teeth teeth,, and the air of a sylph lph; her entire self diffu iffused a mysterio teriou us charm. One Sunday Riza izal visite isited d his materna aternall grand grandm mother other who lived in Trozo, rozo, Manil anila. a. He was accom accompanied panied by his frien friend d Mariano ariano Katigbak atigbak.. His old grand grandm mother other was frien friend of the the Katigb tigbak Family from from Lipa ipa. When he reac reach hed his gra grandm ndmothe other’s hou house, se, he saw saw other other gues guest. t. One of whom hom was an attractiv attractive e girl, who was mys yster teriou iously sly caus cause ed his heart heart to palpitate palpitate with strang strange e ecsta ecstasy sy.. She was the the sis sister ter of his frien friend Marian riano, and her name was Segunda. Rizal izal cam came to kno know Segu egunda nda more ore intimate intimate during during his weekly kly visits isits at La Concordia rdia Colleg llege, where his sister sister Olimpia limpia was a board oarding ing stud student. Olimp limpia was a frien friend of Segunda. It was appa apparen rentt that that Rizal izal and and Segun egunda da loved loved each othe ther. Their was ind indeed “Lo “Love At First irst Sight.” ight.” But It was hop hopeless eless since since the very very beginning beginning becaus because e Segu Segunda nda was engage engaged d to Manu anuel Luz. uz.
3. Jacinta Ibardo Laza Jacinta inta is a profe rofes ssor from from Pakil Lagun aguna a the third girlfrien irlfriend d of Rizal. izal. Rizal izal sho shortly after after losing losing Segu egunda nda Katigbak tigbak,, he paid paid cou court to a you young woman in Pakil, Laguna. Riza izal called called Jacin Jacinta ta Ibardo Ibardo Laza Laza Miss L. Riza izal describe ribe Miss iss L. a fair fair with sedu seductive ctive and and attractive attractive eyes eyes.. After visitin isiting g her in her house several ral times for for a tuto tutorr les lesson in the the subjec ject Rhetoric toric and Poetry, try, he sudd sudden enly ly stopp stopped ed his wooming, ing, and and the roman romance ce died a natural atural death death.. Rizal izal gave rea reason son why the the rom romance with Miss iss L. died ied because 1. the the swe sweet memory of Segunda was still in his heart, and 2. his father objected to the romance with Miss L. beca becau use she she is the profess rofesso or of Rizal.
4. Leonor “Orang” Valenzuela Leon Leonor or Valenz alenzue uela la the fourth fourth girlfriend girlfriend of Rizal. izal. Severa verall months onths after during uring Rizal izal sop sophom homore yea year at the the Univer niversity sity Of Santo Tomas omas,, he board boarded ed in the hous house e of Doña oña Concha cha Leyv yva a in Intra Intram muros. ros. The next door neighb neighbors ors of Doña oña Conch oncha a were Capit apitan an Juan Juan and and Capitan apitana a Sanda anday y Valenz alenzue uela, la, parents parents of a charm charming ing girl nam named Leon Leonor or.. Rizal izal a medical ical stud student from from Calam lamba, was a welcom lcomed visito visitorr in the the Valen lenzue zuela home, where he was the life of the social parties becau cause of his cleve cleverr sleig sleigh ht of hand tricks tricks.. He courted Leonor Leonor Valenzuela, alenzuela, who was a tall tall girl. Almo lmost as tall tall as Jose Jose himse imself, lf, and had a reg regal bearin ring. He sent her lov love notes tes writte ritten n in inv invisib isible le ink ink. This This ink ink consiste isted d of common tab table salt and water ter. It left left no trac trace on the the paper. Riza izal , who knew his che chemistry istry, tau taught Oran rang (pe (pet name of Leon Leonor or Valenz alenzue uela) la) the secre secrett of readin reading g any note writt ritte en in the the inv invisib isible le ink ink by heatin ting it over a candle or lam lamp so tha that the the lette letterr may appear. But as with Segunda, he stopp stopped ed sho short of prop roposing osing marriag arriage e to Orang.
5. Leonor “Luntian” Rivera Leonor Rive ivera the the fifth girlfrie irlfrien nd of Riza izal. Riza izal next rom romance, which ich modern odern writers riters have have glamorized glamorized,, was with ith anoth another er Leon Leonor or.. – Leon Leonor or Rivera (Luntian (Luntian pet pet nam name Leon Leonor or Rivera) ivera) his cou cousin from from Camiling. iling. In 1879, 879, at the the start tart of his jun junior ior year at the the unive iversity rsity,, he liv lived in “Casa Tomasina ina” a boardin rding g house managed by his Uncle, ncle, Antonio ntonio Rivera, ivera, at No. 6 Calle Santo Tomas, Intram Intramuros. ros. His land land lord lord Uncle has a pretty retty daughter ter, Leonor, a stu student at La Concordia rdia Colleg llege, where Soled ledad(Riz (Riza al’s you younges ngestt sister sister)) was then then stud studying ying. Leon Leonor or,, born born in Camiling iling,, Tarlac, arlac, On Ap April 11, 1867, was a frail, beautiful girl, tend tende er as a bud budding ding flowe flower with kind kindly wistful istful eye eyes. Betwe tween Jose Jose and and Leonor spran rang a ten tenderly beautiful tiful roman romance ce.. They They beca becam me enga engage ged. d. In her lette letters rs to Rizal, izal, Leonor sign igned her name as “Luntian ian” in order to cam camoufl ouflag age e their intim intimate relationship relationship from from the their paren rents and frien friends.
6. Consuelo Ortiga Y. Rey Consuelo the the sixth ixth girlfr irlfrie ien nd of Riza izal. Consuelo Ortiga rtiga Y. Rey she is the the pretties rettiestt of Don Pablo Ortiga rtiga’s two two daughters ters,, in Madrid rid. She fell fell in lov love with ith hima im afte fter only a few few dates tes. He dedica icated ted to her “A la Senorita C.O. .O. y R,” wh which ich became one of his best est poem oems. The Ortiga's rtiga's reside residenc nce e in Madrid adrid was freque frequen nted by Rizal izal and his com compatriots. triots. He prob robably fell fell in love love with her and Consuelo appa pparently rently ask ske ed him for roma romantic vers verse es. He suddenly back cke ed out before fore the the rela relatio tion nship turn turne ed into into a serio rious rom romance, because he wanted to rem remain loya loyall to Leonor Rive ivera and he did not want to destroy hid friendship with Eduardo de Lete who was madly in lov love with ith Consuelo
7. Gertrude “Gettie” Beckette Gertrud rtrude the the seve seven nth girlfriend irlfriend of Rizal. izal. While Rizal izal was in London annotatin tating g the the Sucesos de las las Isla Islas s Filipin ilipina as, he boarde rded in the the house of the the Beck cke ett family, ily, within ithin walking lking dista istan nce of the the British ritish Museum. Gertrude, rtrude, a blue-e blue-eye yed d and buxo buxom m girl irl was the the olde ldest of the the thre three e Beck ckett ett daug daugh hters. ters. She fell in love love with Rizal. izal. Tottie helped lped him in his painting inting and sculptu culpture re.. But Rizal izal suddenly left left London for for Paris to avoid avoid Gertrude, ertrude, who was serious seriously ly in lov love with him. im. Before fore lea leaving ing London, he was able to finis finish h the the grou roup carvin rving g of the the Beckett siste isters rs.. He gave the the group carving ing to Gertru rtrud de as a sign ign of the their brie rief relationship.
8. Nellie Boustead Nellie the the eigh ight girlfrien irlfriend of Rizal. izal. Rizal izal having having lost Leon Leonor or Rivera, entertained entertained the thou thought of cou courting other ther ladies ladies.. While a guest of the the Boustea tead fam family at the their resid reside ence in the the reso resort rt city city of Biarritz iarritz,, he had befrien friended the the two two pretty retty daughters ters of his host, host, Eduard duardo o Boustea oustead. d. Rizal used used to fen fence with the the siste isters rs at at the the stud tudio of Jua Juan Lun Luna. Antonio tonio Luna, na, Juan Juan's 's bro brother ther and also also a freq frequen uent visitor visitor of the Boustead stead's, 's, courted ted Nellie llie but she was deeply infa infatu tua ated ted with Rizal. izal. In a party held by Filipin ilipino os in Madrid, rid, a drun runken ken Anton tonio Luna uttere uttered d unsavo savory ry rem remarks against ainst Nellie Bouste oustead ad.. This pro prompted pted Rizal izal to challe challeng nge e Luna into into a duel. Fortu rtunately tely,, Luna apolo apologize gized d to Rizal, thus thus averting averting traged tragedy y for for the the compatrio triots ts'' heir lov love affair fair unfortu fortun nately tely did not end in marriag rriage. It fail faile ed because Riza izal refus fused to be conv converte erted d to the Protesta rotestant nt faith, as Nellie demanded and Nellie's mother did not like a physic hysician ian withou ithout enou enough gh payin paying g clien clientele to be a sonson-in-la in-law w. The love lovers, how howeve ever, parted rted as good frien friends when Rizal izal left left Europe.
9. Seiko “O Sei San” Usui Seiko iko the the nine ineth girlfrie irlfrien nd of Riza izal. On his second trip trip to Europe rope in 1888 888,Riza ,Rizall stopp stoppe ed by Jap Japan where he met Seiko Usui a lov lovely and inte intellig llige ent daughter of a samurai. If all he wanted ted was a good life life, he would have married O Sei San and stayed on in Japan because a Spanish ish leg legation tion the there was offerin ffering g him a wellpaying ing job job. But he left left Japan because he tho thought he was destine tined for for a grea reater ter tas task in the the Philipp ilippine ines and had to go home. In a lett lette er, he said of her: “O Sei San”, O Sei San, sayon sayonara ara.. No woman oman,, like like you, you, has ever lov loved me
10. Suzanne Jacoby
Suzanne the the ten tenth girlfriend irlfriend of Rizal. izal. In 1890, Rizal izal moved to Brus russels because of the the high igh cost of living in Paris. In Brussels, he lived in the boarding ing house of the the two two Jacoby sisters. In time, they fell deeply in love love with each othe ther. Suzanne cried ried when Rizal izal left Brus russels and wrote rote him when he was in Madrid. rid.
11. Pastora Necessario Carreon
Pastora Necessario the eleventh girlf irlfri rie end of Riza izal. Pastora toran n Necessario Carreo rreon is a lad lady from from Dapitan itan he is Pastor tor on a church rch on Dapitan itan after fter Suzanne Jacoby. Riza izal fell fell deeply in lov love in this this girl irl fro from Dapita itan but this this rela relatio tion nship not las last because Necessario is a Pastora tora she want to gave his full love on his church.
12. Josephine Leopaldine Bracken Jose Josep phine ine the the twe twelveth lveth girlfrien irlfriend of Rizal. izal. In Dapit apitan an,, Zam Zamboan boanga ga,, In early early Februa February ry 1895 1895,, Rizal izal met an 18-ye 18-year ar-old -old petite petite Irish girl, with bold blue lue eyes, brow rown hair and a happy dispos dispositi ition on.. She was Jose Joseph phine ine Bracke racken, n, the adop adopted ted daug daughte hterr of George eorge Taufer aufer who had had trav traveled led to Dapitan itan from from Hong Kong to have his eye eye treated treated by Rizal. izal. Rizal izal was imm immediate ediately ly attracte attracted d to Jose Joseph phine ine.. He called called her her “dulc “dulce e estran estranjera,” jera,” or swee sweett foreigne foreigner. r. The The loneline loneliness ss and bored redom of exile may have tak taken its toll toll as he fou found himse imselflf falling falling in love love quite easily. sily. Howeve owever, r, Rizal’s sisters suspe suspected cted Josep Josephine hine of being ing a spy for for the the Spanish ish autho thoritie rities s and a thre threa at to his secu security rity.. Rizal izal ask ske ed Jose Josep phine ine to marry rry him, im, but she was not yet rea ready to make a decis decision ion due due to her her respo respons nsibility ibility to the blind blind Taufer fer. Sinc ince Taufer' fer's s blind lindness was untre treatable, le, he left left for Hon Kong on March arch18 1895 95.. Jose Joseph phine ine staye stayed d with Rizal’s izal’s family in Manila. anila. Upon pon her her return return to Dapitan apitan,, Riza izal tried tried to arra rrange with Fathe ther Anton tonio Obach bach for their their marriage. arriage. Howev owever er,, the priest priest wanted anted a retrac retraction tion as a precon reconditio dition n before before marryin arrying g them them. Rizal izal upon upon the advice advice of his family and and friends friends and and with Jose Joseph phine ine's 's con consent sent took took her her as his wife even even witho without the Churc Church h bles lessing ings. Josephine ine late laterr give ives birth irth prem remature turely ly to a still still born baby, a res result of some incidence, incidence, which might have have shocke shocked d or frightene frightened d her. her.
