Women in Rizal's Life

Who was Rizal's first crush that he met near the Dampalit River in April 1877?

Julia Celeste Smith

What color was the traditional skirt Julia Celeste Smith wore when Rizal met her?

Red

Who was Rizal's first love and first heartbreak from Lipa Batangas?

Segunda Solis Katigbak

Who was Segunda Katigbak already promised to marry?

Manuel Luz

Which early romantic interest from Pakil Laguna was an educated teacher known as Miss L?

Jacinta Ibardo Laza

Who was the recipient of Rizal's invisible-ink love letters made of salt and water?

Leonor Orang Valenzuela

Who is widely considered the greatest love of Rizal's life and the inspiration for Maria Clara?

Leonor Rivera

What was the name of the English engineer that Leonor Rivera married in 1891?

Charles Henry Kipping

Who was the Spanish woman Rizal backed away from because his friend Eduardo de Lete loved her?

Consuelo Ortiga y Rey

What Japanese ink painting style did O-Sei-San teach Rizal?

Su-mie

Who was Rizal's landlady at 37 Chalcot Crescent in London who helped him with painting?

Gertrude Beckett

Who was the Belgian woman Rizal met in Brussels in 1890 while revising El Filibusterismo?

Suzanne Jacoby

Which woman wanted Rizal to convert to Protestantism before they could marry?

Nellie Boustead

In which French city did Rizal stay at the Boustead family villa in 1891?

Biarritz

Who was the woman from Pakil Laguna whose relationship ended because Rizal's father disapproved of her family?

Margarita Almeda Gomez

Who was the 18-year-old Irish orphan who came to Dapitan with her blind adoptive father?

Josephine Bracken

Who did Rizal call his unhappy wife in his final book dedication hours before his execution?

Josephine Bracken