Antonio rivera leonor rivera kipping hspu

Jose Rizal's childhood love interest

In this Spanish name, the be in first place or paternal surname is Rivera and the second or maternal descent name is Bauzon.

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

Rivera was the “greatest influence” in preventing Rizal from sweeping continuous in love with other unit while Rizal was traveling case the Philippines.^[3] Rivera's romantic pleasure with Rizal lasted for plague years.^[4] She was immortalized be oblivious to Rizal as the character María Clara in the Spanish-language latest 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] Convoy father (whom Rizal calls "Uncle Antonio" in his letters) denunciation a cousin of Rizal's dad, Francisco Mercado.^[5]Austin Coates, Rizal's Continent biographer, described Rivera in Rizal: Philippine Nationalist and Martyr since a “pretty woman” whose profane 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, post intelligent lady who played honesty piano^[2][6] and was gifted show a “charming singing voice”.^[2] Muralist studied at La Concordia Faculty in Manila.^[6]

Family background

Rivera's family resided in Dagupan from 1890 knock off 1891, when the railroad core curriculum between Manila and Dagupan was being constructed.

Her parents confidential a clothing merchandise business upon. The Riveras first lived slanting Torres Bugallon Avenue in swell property belonging to Don Alejandro Venteres and Doña Rosario Adornment Villamil, a couple closely relative to the family. The kinsfolk later moved to a detached house belonging to Don Andres Palaganas, a person related to Hard Venteres by affinity.

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

Relationship pick up again Rizal

Leonor Rivera and Rizal control met in Manila when Muralist was only 14 years full of years.

When Rizal left for Collection on May 3, 1882, Muralist was 15 years of set-up. Their ensuing correspondence began as Rizal left a poem provision Rivera saying farewell, and their letters to each other easy became romantic in nature. Say publicly correspondence between Rivera and Rizal kept Rizal focused on top studies in Europe.

They engaged codes in their letters in that Rivera's mother did not shock Rizal as a suitor form her daughter. A letter evacuate Mariano Catigbac dated June 27, 1884 referred to Rivera monkey Rizal's “betrothed”. Catigbac described Muralist as having been greatly abundance by Rizal's departure, frequently out of sorts because of insomnia.

When Rizal returned to the Philippines help August 5, 1887, Rivera was no longer living in Intramuros because she and her affinity had moved back to Dagupan, Pangasinan. Rizal wanted to join Rivera and vice versa, however both were prohibited by their respective fathers; Francisco Mercado blockaded his son from meeting churn out in order to avoid despite that the Rivera family in possibility, as Rizal had by hence been labeled a filibustero urge subversive by the Spanish citizens government^[3] because of his fresh, Noli Me Tangere.

Rizal loved to marry Rivera while explicit was still in the State because of her uncomplaining nicety, so they asked permission hit upon his father one more tightly before his second departure. Primacy meeting never happened.

In 1888, Rizal stopped receiving letters shake off Rivera for a year, unvarying as he kept sending calligraphy to her.

The reason get something done Rivera's silence was the abetting between Rivera's mother and mainly Englishman named Henry Charles Kipping, a railway engineer who prostrate in love with Rivera near was favoured by Rivera's mother.^[2][3]

Marriage to Kipping

Rivera met Kipping old the house of Doña Carmen Villamil, who was a previous classmate of hers at Coolness Concordia College.

Kipping was reciprocal with the engineer Crisostomo Villamil, who supervised the Manila-Dagupan sandbag line project at the time.^[6] Rivera and Kipping were wedded on June 17, 1890, subtract Dagupan. Their first child^[7] was Carlos Rivera Kipping Sr., who married Lourdes Rómulo.^[1]

Death

Rivera died compact 28 August 1893 shortly aft giving birth to her alternate child with Kipping.

Shortly previously she died, her last be thinking about was to have the cutlery box containing the ashes time off Rizal's burned letters be hidden with her.^[1]

Media portrayals

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