PARENTS OF DR.

JOSE RIZAL
FRANCISCO MERCADO RIZAL (1818-1898)

 Francisco Engracio Alejandro Rizal Mercado

 Father of Jose Rizal who was the youngest of 13 offsprings of Juan and Cirila Mercado.
 Born in Biñan, Laguna on April 18, 1818.
 Studied in San Jose College, Manila.
 He got married to Teodora Alonzo on June 28, 1848
 His father is called to be “haciendero”, “mercado” and capitanes of the town which they
were born. 
 Rizal described his father as “a model of fathers”.
 He was a tenant of a Dominican estate in Calamba, Laguna and through hard work, he
had increased his rented landholdings.
 TEODORA ALONSO REOLANDA (1827-1913)

 Teodora Morales Alonzo Reolanda y Quintos

 Mother of Jose Rizal who was the second child of Lorenzo Alonso and Brijida de
Quintos.
 She studied at the Colegio de Santa Rosa in Manila.
 She was 20 years old when she married Francisco Mercado of Biñan, Laguna in 1848.
 She was born in Santa Cruz, Manila on November 14, 1827 and died in 1913 in Manila.
 She was a business-minded woman, disciplinarian, courteous, religious, well-read and
hard-working mother.
 At a very early age, she taught her children how to read. She taught them discipline,
justice, and compassion. Most important of all, she taught her children to treat Indios as
equals.