Delfina Herbosa de Natividad

Delfina Herbosa de Natividad
Born	Delfina Herbosa December 20, 1879 Calamba, Laguna
Died	March 10, 1900 Calamba, Laguna
Cause of death	Mental anguish
Residence	Rizal Shrine, Calamba (ancestral home)
Nationality	Filipino
Other names	Doña Delfina
Spouse	Jose Salvador Natividad
Children	Paz
Parents	Mariano Herbosa Lucia Rizal
Relatives	José Rizal

Delfina Rizal Herbosa de Natividad (December 20, 1879 – March 10, 1900) was a Filipino renowned for being one of the three women, together with Marcela Agoncillo and her daughter Lorenza, who seamed together the Philippine flag,^[1] and for being the niece of the National Hero of the Philippines, José Rizal.^[2]

Early life

Delfina Rizal Herbosa was born on December 20, 1879 in Calamba, Laguna to Mariano Herbosa and Lucia Rizal, sister of José Rizal, and she is of Spanish, Chinese and Japanese descent. At the age of thirteen, she joined the Katipunan because her desire to fight oppression after her father was denied a Christian burial by the Spanish friars because of the claim that he did not go to confession, although the apparent reason is that they were related to José Rizal, whose novel Noli me Tangere exposed the abuses of the Spaniards.^[2]

Marriage and making of the Philippine flag

Natividad was married to Jose Salvador, who she met in the Katipunan, and who later became a general of the Philippine Revolution. She then accompanied her husband to his self-exile to Hong Kong where there she was asked by Marcela Agoncillo to help her and her daughter sew together the Philippine flag.^[2]

Death

Natividad and her husband had a daughter together named Paz, who died at the age of two due to an alcohol lamp falling on her, this caused Natividad much sorrow and mental anguish, thus causing her death at the age of 21.^[3]

References

1. ^ Philippines : Gov.Ph : The Official Government Portal of the Republic of the Philippines - Flag and Anthem. gov.ph. Accessed July 2009.
2. ^ ^{a b c} DELFINA HERBOSA - NATIVIDAD (1879-1900) Rizal's niece, Katipunera
3. ^ Herbosa, Francisco (2000). "The Rizals: As My Father Knew Them".

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Name	Natividad, Delfina Herbosa De
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Date of birth	December 20, 1879
Place of birth	Calamba, Laguna
Date of death	March 10, 1900
Place of death	Calamba, Laguna