The Knights of Rizal is an Order of Chivalry from the Philippines, created to honor and uphold the ideals of Philippine national hero José Rizal.
Knight Insignia, The Order of the Knights of Rizal
Knights of Rizal Centennial Stamp
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 considered a national hero of the Philippines. An ophthalmologist by profession, Rizal became a writer and a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement, which advocated political reforms for the colony under Spain.
Rizal c. 1890s
José Rizal's baptismal register
Francisco Rizal Mercado (1818–1898)
Teodora Alonso Realonda (1827–1911)