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José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda is a National hero of the Philippines.

He was an activist, writer, a polymath and a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement which advocated for changes in the colony under the Spanish rule. He was born on June 19, 1861 in the town of Calamba, Laguna.

Family and early life

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He was the seventh child in a family of 11 children (2 boys and 9 girls).

His parents went to school and were well known.

Life and works of rizal summary

His father, Francisco Rizal Mercado, worked hard as a farmer in Biñan, Laguna. Rizal looked up to him. His mother, Teodora Alonso Realonda y Quintos, was born in Meisic, Sta. Cruz, Manila. She read a lot and knew about art and many other things.

Jose rizal age

Rizal said she was loving and very smart. He learned the alphabet from his mother when he was three years old. At age