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  2. José Rizal - Wikipedia

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    Upon enrolling at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila, he dropped the last three names that made up his full name, on the advice of his brother, Paciano and the Mercado family, thus rendering his name as "José Protasio Rizal". Of this, he later wrote: "My family never paid much attention [to our second surname Rizal], but now I had to use it, thus ...

  3. Teodora Alonso Realonda - Wikipedia

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    Teodora Alonso Realonda y Quintos (November 9, 1827 – August 16, 1911) was a wealthy woman in the Spanish colonial Philippines.She was best known as the mother of the Philippines' national hero Jose Rizal.

  4. Francisco Rizal Mercado - Wikipedia

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    Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandro (May 11, 1818 – January 5, 1898) was the father of the Philippines' national hero Jose Rizal. He was born in Biñan , La Laguna (present-day Laguna). He had a wife named Teodora Realonda y Quintos and had 11 children altogether.

  5. Joel Torre - Wikipedia

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    Torre's middle name, Rizalino, comes from the fact that he was born exactly 100 years after Filipino national hero José Rizal. [8] His parents were Alfonso Obregon Torre and Luz de Leon Diaz. He is the grandson of former Iloilo City municipal president (now City Mayor) Juan de Leon who served from 1904 - 1905. His uncle is Dr. Pablo O. Torre.

  6. Rizal Shrine (Calamba) - Wikipedia

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    Adjacent to the library is the family's formal dining room, where Rizal's parents hosted guests and other prominent members of the society. [4] The caida is connected to a sala, which leads to three bedrooms: the boys' room (for Jose and Paciano), the girls' room for his 9 sisters and the master bedroom. The biggest among all the rooms, the ...

  7. Paciano Rizal - Wikipedia

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    Paciano Rizal was born to Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandro (1818–1897) and Teodora Alonso y Quintos (1827–1911; whose family later changed their surname to "Realonda"), as the second of eleven children born to a wealthy family in the town of Calamba, La Laguna (present-day Laguna).

  8. Who Were the Menendez Brothers’ Parents? Inside the ... - AOL

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    Lyle and Erik Menendez became household names after murdering their parents, Kitty and José Menendez, on Aug. 20, 1989.. The Menendez brothers, born into a life of wealth and privilege, testified ...

  9. Leonor Rivera - Wikipedia

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    Rivera was the “greatest influence” in preventing Rizal from falling in love with other women while Rizal was traveling outside the Philippines. [3] Rivera's romantic relationship with Rizal lasted for eight years. [4] She was immortalized by Rizal as the character María Clara in the Spanish-language novel Noli Me Tangere. [2]