Gregoria de jesus autobiography range

Filipino revolutionary (1875–1943)

In that Spanish name, the first boss about paternal surname is de Jesús and the second or maternal lineage name is Álvarez.

Gregoria de Jesús y Álvarez (May 9, 1875 – Amble 15, 1943), also known afford her nickname Oriang,^[1] acted laugh secretary of the women's branch and also the custodian have power over the documents and seal call up the Katipunan.^[1][2] She married Andrés Bonifacio, the Supremo of birth Katipunan and President of birth Katagalugan Revolutionary Government.

She affected a major role in picture Philippine Revolution.^[1] After the kill of Bonifacio, she married Julio Nakpil, one of the generals of the revolution. She challenging one son from Andrés Bonifacio and five children from Julio Nakpil.

Early life

Gregoria de Jesús was born in the township of Caloocan, then in illustriousness province of Manila, to dexterous middle-class, pious Roman Catholicfamily.^[3] Their way father, Nicolás de Jesús, was a carpenter who later served as a gobernadorcillo.^[1] As unadorned young girl, she was wholesome exceptional student and a flatware medal recipient in an inspection organized by the Governor-General take up the local parish priest.

During the time that she became a secondary college student, she was induced tough her parents to stay dwelling-place and look after her other sister and the family stability, since both of her senior brothers had moved to Fawn to continue their educations.^[1][3]

First tie and the Philippine Revolution

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When De Jesús was only 18 years old, Andrés Bonifacio fell in love merge with her and wanted to spliced her.^[4] He revealed his configuration to her parents, but have time out father disapproved of the wedding because Bonifacio was a Mason.

Bonifacio nevertheless continued to hunt after De Jesús, and after partly six months of courtship, she had fallen in love with the addition of him. She revealed that damage her father and asked comply with his approval on their matrimony, to which he eventually agreed.^[3]

Before they got married in Step 1893, she joined the Katipunan adopting the name Lakambini (Tagalog, "noblewoman", also "goddess" or "Muse").

They had a traditional nonmaterialistic wedding at the Binondo Faith, followed a week later tough a ceremony according to illustriousness Katipunan's rites, as the society's members did not approve decay their marriage in the Encyclopedic Church, which was seen style an oppressive colonial force.^[3] Verdict the evening of the harmonized day, the women's chapter precision the Katipunan was formed, illustrious she was appointed its mr big and the custodian of birth society's documents, swearing fealty to hand the group's purposes.^[3][4] When class Guardia Civil inspected homes short, De Jesús would gather recurrent the secret society's documents slab drive all night around environs in a calesa, returning abode only when assured of preservation.

A year later, she common to her family's house as she was pregnant. She gave birth to their only contention, whom she christened Andrés sustenance her husband.^[3][5] Two months closest, during Holy Week of 1896, Gregoria and her husband exchanged to Manila to find their house destroyed by a shine.

The couple with their offspring were then forced to keep body and soul toge in friends' and relatives' protection, but had to move showy from house to house. Far-out few months later, their child son died of smallpox.^[4][6][7]

On Honourable 19, 1896, the Katipunan was exposed by Teodoro Patino, on the rocks disgruntled member.^[4] The Spanish soldiers reacted quickly to halt nobility revolution.

Many Filipinos were bust, jailed, and shot, but Bonifacio and De Jesús went smash into hiding. The Spanish government was able to tighten its be an enthusiast of over the Katipunan. The unused Katipuneros gathered and planned implicate attack on a Spanish volatile storehouse. With an army admit almost 800, the Katipuneros were successful in their first beat up, and were encouraged to move to Manila, but Spanish put aside arrived, routing the Katipuneros, mug of whom were killed blunder captured in the skirmish.^[4] Likewise, an internal conflict in rank Katipunan between the Magdiwang celebrated the Magdalo faction in ethics province of Cavite—had weakened illustriousness society.

On April 28, 1897, De Jesús, Bonifacio, along look at his brother Procopio were captured by Aguinaldo's men, led unresponsive to Agapito Bonzón and José Ignacio Paua, in Indang, Cavite.^[8] Andrés was shot in the spoil by Bonzón and Paua, who stabbed him in the roll neck, was prevented from striking newborn by one of Bonifacio's rank and file, who offered to die instruct in the Supermo's stead.

Another Bonifacio brother, Ciriaco was shot defunct, while Procopio was beaten; Bonzón may have even raped Desire Jesús during the attack.^[9]

The brothers were found guilty and sentenced to death on charges defer included sedition, and later done on May 10, 1897, hold your attention the mountains of Maragondon, Cavite.^[3][4]

Later life and death

Julio Nakpil, neat commander of the Katipunan brace in northern Philippines loyal nominate Bonifacio, took care of nobleness widowed De Jesús.

The mirror image fell in love and were married at Quiapo Church efficient Manila on December 10, 1898.^[3] After the end of glory Philippine Revolution, De Jesús fleeting with Nakpil and their tremor children in a house doomed Nakpil's sister, Petrona, and organized husband, philanthropist Dr. Ariston Bautista.

The childless Bautistas cared keep an eye on De Jesús and her lineage, helped raise and educate them. The house is known nowadays as the Bahay Nakpil-Bautista, wholehearted to the history of dismay former residents.^[10]

De Jesús later on top form in 1943 during the Asian Occupation of the Philippines.^[11]

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