José Rizal
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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 a nationa
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
Josephine Bracken
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Marie Josephine Leopoldine Bracken was the common-law wife of Filipino nationalist José Rizal during his exile in Dapitan. Hours before Rizal's execution on December 30, 1896, the couple were allegedl
A studio portrait of Bracken in Filipino attire, 1896
A copy of Bracken's baptismal certificate
The title page of a Spanish edition of the Imitation of Christ that was Rizal's wedding and parting gift to his wife. His dedication is written in English.