José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was a Filipino nationalist, writer, and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is popularly considered to be a n
Rizal c. 1890s
Francisco Rizal Mercado (1818–1898)
Teodora Alonso Realonda (1827–1911)
Rizal, 11 years old, a student at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila
Francisco Engracio Rizal Mercado y Alejandro was the father of the Philippines' national hero Jose Rizal. He was born in Biñan, La Laguna. He had a wife named Teodora Realonda y Quintos and had 11 chi
José Rizal
…Ramos states indicated the family's social and political influence. José Mercado was born on June 19, 1861, in Calamba, Laguna. The seventh child of Francisco Rizal Mercado and Teodora Alonso Realonda y Quintos, he was baptized into the Roman Catholic Church on June 22 at the town's parish by Father Rufino Collantes. His…
NHCP historical marker installed in 2018 on the bicentenary of Mercado's birth
Historical marker marking the original tomb of Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonso at the Manila North Cemetery
The current grave of Francisco Mercado and Teodora Alonso at the Rizal Shrine in Calamba City, Laguna.