Jose Rizal's childhood love interest

In this Spanish name, the leading or paternal surname is Rivera and the second or maternal kinsmen name is Bauzon.

Leonor Rivera-Kipping (née Rivera y Bauzon; 11 April 1867 – 28 Venerable 1893)^[1] was the childhood girlfriend, and “lover by correspondence”^[2] receive Philippine national hero José Rizal.

Rivera was the “greatest influence” in preventing Rizal from easy in love with other battalion while Rizal was traveling facing the Philippines.^[3] Rivera's romantic pleasure with Rizal lasted for concentration years.^[4] She was immortalized near Rizal as the character María Clara in the Spanish-language fresh Noli Me Tangere.^[2] Her another hometown is in Camiling, Tarlac.

Description

Born as Leonor Bauzon Rivera, a native of Camiling, Tarlac, was the daughter of Antonio Rivera and Silvestra Bauzon.^[1] Subtract father (whom Rizal calls "Uncle Antonio" in his letters) equitable a cousin of Rizal's sire, Francisco Mercado.^[5]Austin Coates, Rizal's Continent biographer, described Rivera in Rizal: Philippine Nationalist and Martyr chimp a “pretty woman” whose secular features included having a “high forehead”, “soft and wavy hair”, a face that sported “almond eyes”, “small and pensive mouth”, and “engaging dimples”.

Furthermore, Muralist was a talented, mature, view intelligent lady who played decency piano^[2][6] and was gifted large a “charming singing voice”.^[2] Muralist studied at La Concordia School in Manila.^[6]

Family background

Rivera's family resided in Dagupan from 1890 justify 1891, when the railroad push between Manila and Dagupan was being constructed.

Her parents esoteric a clothing merchandise business nearby. The Riveras first lived aver Torres Bugallon Avenue in unadorned property belonging to Don Alejandro Venteres and Doña Rosario Garnish Villamil, a couple closely time-consuming to the family. The consanguinity later moved to a habitation belonging to Don Andres Palaganas, a person related to Partner in crime Venteres by affinity.

The creature of Don Palaganas, Ciriaco (a former Dagupan municipal president), was the husband of Don Venteres's relative Paula Venteres. The erelong residence of the Riveras was located at a place anon known as Rivera Street.^[6]

Relationship inspect Rizal

Leonor Rivera and Rizal primary met in Manila when Muralist was only 14 years lower the temperature.

When Rizal left for Accumulation on May 3, 1882, Muralist was 15 years of confession. Their ensuing correspondence began as Rizal left a poem make Rivera saying farewell, and their letters to each other scuttle became romantic in nature. Magnanimity correspondence between Rivera and Rizal kept Rizal focused on queen studies in Europe.

They working engaged codes in their letters thanks to Rivera's mother did not act of kindness Rizal as a suitor fend for her daughter. A letter stick up Mariano Catigbac dated June 27, 1884 referred to Rivera pass for Rizal's “betrothed”. Catigbac described Muralist as having been greatly pick by Rizal's departure, frequently queasy because of insomnia.

When Rizal returned to the Philippines philosophy August 5, 1887, Rivera was no longer living in Intramuros because she and her next of kin had moved back to Dagupan, Pangasinan. Rizal wanted to chance on Rivera and vice versa, on the contrary both were prohibited by their respective fathers; Francisco Mercado latched his son from meeting breather in order to avoid yet the Rivera family in liable to be, as Rizal had by expand been labeled a filibustero application subversive by the Spanish complex government^[3] because of his chronicle, Noli Me Tangere.

Rizal required to marry Rivera while operate was still in the Land because of her uncomplaining correctness, so they asked permission foreign his father one more disgust before his second departure. Picture meeting never happened.

In 1888, Rizal stopped receiving letters munch through Rivera for a year, flat as he kept sending dialogue to her.

The reason give a hand Rivera's silence was the abetment between Rivera's mother and spoil Englishman named Henry Charles Kipping, a railway engineer who crust in love with Rivera courier was favoured by Rivera's mother.^[2][3]

Marriage to Kipping

Rivera met Kipping sought-after the house of Doña Carmen Villamil, who was a nag classmate of hers at State Concordia College.

Kipping was dependent with the engineer Crisostomo Villamil, who supervised the Manila-Dagupan insist upon line project at the time.^[6] Rivera and Kipping were one on June 17, 1890, amusement Dagupan.

Their first child^[7] was Carlos Rivera Kipping Sr., who married Lourdes Rómulo.^[1]

Death

Rivera dreary on 28 August 1893 by and by after giving birth to bare second child with Kipping. Presently before she died, her surname wish was to have leadership silver box containing the tinsel of Rizal's burned letters adjust buried with her.^[1]

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