Segunda Katigbak: The Puppy Love

Rizals Age: 16
Where they met: Lipa, Batangas
Description: She was rather short, with eyes that were eloquent and ardent
at times and languid at others, rosy checked very beautiful teeth , and the
air of slylp; her entire self diffused a mysterious charm- Rizal
Leonor Valuenzuela
Rizals Age:17
Where they met :House of Dona Concha Leyva in Intramuros, as his neighbor.
How Rizal courted her: Wrote letters using invisible ink.He then taught her
how to read the letters.
Reason of Separation: Leonor married another man.
Leonor Rivera
-Inspiration for the character of Maria Clara in Noli Me Tangere And El
Filibusterismo
Rizals Age:18
Description:Tender as a budding flower with kindly ,wistful eyes.
Reason of Separation: In the autumn of 1890, Rizal received a letter from
Leonor telling him of her coming marriage to a man whom her mother chose
to be her mate.
Consuelo Ortiga Y. Perez
Rizals Age: 21-22
Where they met: Rizal frequented to the home of Don Pablo, the former city
mayor of Manila.
Reason of Seperation: He decided to take a step back for two reasons; first
he was still engaged to Leonor Rivera;second, he was aware of his friends
affection to Consuelo.
Rizals dedication to her: A La Senorita C.Oy.P
O-Sei-San
Rizals Age:27
Description: You have the color of Camelia,its freshness,its elegance.-Rizal
Where they met: Tokyo, Japan
Reason of Seperation: Rizal was offered a position at the Spanish Legation
during that time. He then decided leave japan and forget his romance which
pained him gravely because he truly loved O-Sei-San
Gertrude Beckett
Rizals Age: 27
Description: A blue-eyed and buxom girl.
Date they met: May 1888
Where they met: Boarding house of the Beckett Family in London.

Reason of Separation: Rizal withdrew his feelings before having a relationship

with Gertude, Realizing that he had a greater mission to fulfill.

Suzanne Jacoby
Rizals Age: 29
Date they met: January 28, 1890
Place they met:Brussels,Belgium
Reason of Seperation: Rizal realized that he could not deceive her. Suzanne
fell in love with Rizal and wept when he left for Mandrid in July 1890.
Nellie Boustead
Description:Mestiza daughter of Filipina and a wealthy French-English
Merchant whose house was frequented bu Filipinos ibn France.
Reason of Seperation: Rizals marriage proposal failed because Nellie
demanded that Rizal give up his Catholic faith and convert to Protestanism.
Josephine Bracken
Description: an 18 year old petite Irish girl, with bold blue eyes, brown hair
and a happy disposition.
Date they met: February 1895
Where they met: Dapitan
How to ended: Rizal regarded Josephine as her wife until his last breath.