Interesting Story About Hero's Sweetheart Leonor Rivera (Maria Clara)
ADVERTISEMENTS She was from Camiling Tarlac! ON TOP OF BEING DUBBED as Jose Rizal?s ?childhood sweetheart,? ?betrothed,? and ?lover by correspondence,? she was widely considered as the hero?s ?true love?. Leonor Rivera (April 11, 1867 ? August 28, 1893) of Camiling, Tarlac was the daughter of Antonio Rivera and Silvestra Bauzon. Leonor?s father?who was one of the few persons who conspired in Jose?s ?secret? departure to Spain?is a cousin of the hero?s father, Francisco Mercado. Subjectively considered as a pretty lady, Leonor is commonly described as having wavy soft hair, high forehead, wistful almond eyes, small and pensive mouth, and charming dimples. She was said to be intelligent and talented, as she could play the harp and the piano?skills which matched her fascinating singing voice. Leonor was a ?tender as a budding flower? colegiala at the La Concordia College when she became romantically involved, though secretly, with her distant relative Rizal. Though both Leonor Rivera and ...