Jose Rizal Married to Josephine Bracken

The 18-year-old Rizal meets Leonor Rivera for the first time when Leonor celebrates her 13th birthday in the house of her father. She plays the piano and also knows how to sing well.The both fall in love not only all of a sudden, their love relationship also continues. Admittedly, it becomes a love on distance, because already two years later Rizal starts his first study trip to Europe. Six years the both will correspond with each other without seeing again ever.

IN JOSE RIZAL’S OWN WORDS, she was his dear wife. A few hours before his execution, they embraced for the last time and he gave her a souvenir—a religious book with his dedication, “To my dear unhappy wife.