Leonor Rivera, the woman Rizal was in love with
Rizal’s another romance was with Leonor Rivera, his cousin from Camiling.
Leonor Rivera, his sweetheart for 11 years played the greatest influence in keeping him from falling in love with other women during his travel. Unfortunately, Leonor’s mother disapproved of her daughter’s relationship with Rizal, who was then a known filibustero. She hid from Leonor all letters sent to her sweetheart. Leonor believing that Rizal had already forgotten her, sadly consented her to marry the Englishman Henry Kipping, her mother’s choice.
Leonor and Henry married on July 17, 1891. And she died on August 28, 1893.
Category: Women of Rizal
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really. is leonor the cousin of rizal?
how come that leonor is the lover and the cousin of rizal?
of course, leonor is the cousin of rizal..that’s how thed do it in the olden times..relatives marry to keep their wealth..