Leonor rivera at jose rizal tagalog biography

Jose Rizal's childhood love interest

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

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

Rivera was the “greatest influence” in preventing Rizal from falling in love with other women while Rizal was traveling outside the Philippines.^[3] Rivera's romantic relationship with Rizal lasted for eight years.^[4] She was immortalized by Rizal as the character María Clara in the Spanish-language novel Noli Me Tangere.^[2] Her original hometown is in Camiling, Tarlac.

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Born as Leonor Bauzon Rivera, a native of Camiling, Tarlac, was the daughter of Antonio Rivera and Silvestra Bauzon.^[1] Her father (whom Rizal calls "Uncle Antonio" in his lett