Lesson 6 - Jose Rizal's Girlfriends

Segunda Katigbak

puppy love of Jose Rizal

Segunda Katigbak

engaged to be married to a town mate - Manuel Luz

Leonor Valenzuela

also known as “Orang”

Leonor Valenzuela

they met when Rizal was a sophomore medical student at the University of Santo Tomas, during which time he also lived at Doña Concha Leyva’s boarding house in Intramuros, Manila

Leonor Valenzuela

Rizal sent her love notes written inn invisible ink that could only be deciphered over the warmth of the lamp/candle

Leonor Valenzuela

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

Leonor Rivera

they met when Rizal was 18 and she was 13, at the boarding house of Rizal’s uncle in Intramuros, Manila

Leonor Rivera

was Rizal’s second cousin

Leonor Rivera

Rizal’s sweetheart for 11 years; played the greatest influence in keeping him from falling in love with other women during his travel

Leonor Rivera

her mother disapproved of her relationship with Rizal, who was then a known filibustero

Leonor Rivera

in his letters, Rizal called her “Taimis” to hide her identity

Consuelo Ortiga y Rey

the prettier of Don Pablo Ortiga’s daughters

Consuelo Ortiga y Rey

Rizal probably fell in love with her and she apparently asked him for romantic verses

Consuelo Ortiga y Rey

Rizal 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 her

O Sei San

a Japanese samurai’s daughter; taught Rizal the Japanese art of painting known as “su-mei”

O Sei San

helped Rizal improve his knowledge of Japanese language

O Sei San

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

Gertrude Beckett

a blue-eyed and buxom girl; was the oldest of the three Beckett daughters

Gertrude Beckett

fell in love with Rizal

Gertrude Beckett

Rizal suddenly left London for Paris to avoid her, who was seriously in love with him

Gertrude Beckett

before leaving London, Rizal was able to finish the group carving of the Beckett sisters which he gave to Gertrude as a sign of their brief relationship

Nellie Boustead

Antonio Luna, Juan’s brother and also a frequent visitor of the Boustead’s, courted her but she was deeply infatuated with Rizal

Nellie Boustead

in a party held by Filipinos in Madrid, a drunken Antonio Luna uttered unsavory remarks against her, which prompted Rizal to challenge Luna into a duel

Nellie Boustead

their love affair unfortunately did not end in marriage because Rizal refused to be converted to the Protestant faith as she demanded, and her mother did not like a physician without enough paying clientele to be a son-in-law

Suzanne Jacoby

in Brussels, Rizal lived in the boarding house of the two Jacoby sisters, where they fell deeply in love with each other

Suzanne Jacoby

she cried when Rizal left Brussels and wrote him when he was in Madrid

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

Josephine Bracken

the adopted daughter of George Taufer from Hong Kong, who came to Dapitan to seek Rizal for eye treatment

Josephine Bracken

Rizal was physically attracted to her

Josephine Bracken

the Rizal sisters suspected that she was an agent of the friars and they considered her as a threat to Rizal’s security