Editing Emilio Aguinaldo (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Emilio Aguinaldo with his son Emilio Jr 1906.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Aguinaldo with his son Emilio Jr. in 1906]]
On January 1, 1896, he married his first wife, [[Hilaria Aguinaldo|Hilaria del Rosario]] (1877–1921). They had five children: Carmen Aguinaldo-Melencio, Emilio "Jun" R. Aguinaldo Jr., Maria Aguinaldo-Poblete, Cristina Aguinaldo-Suntay, and Miguel Aguinaldo. Hilaria died of pulmonary tuberculosis on March 6, 1921, at the age of 44. Nine years later, on July 14, 1930, Aguinaldo married his second wife, Maria Agoncillo (1879–1963), at [[Barasoain Church]]. She died on May 29, 1963, a year before Aguinaldo himself.<ref name="TPmCK" />

His grandsons Emilio B. Aguinaldo III and [[Reynaldo Aguinaldo]] served three terms as mayor (2007–2016) and vice-mayor of his hometown Kawit, Cavite, respectively. A granddaughter, [[Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera]], was appointed [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the Philippines]], serving from 1979 to 1992. One of his great-grandsons, [[Joseph Emilio Abaya]], served as a member of the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|Philippine House of Representatives]] and represented Cavite's [[Legislative districts of Cavite|first district]], which contained their hometown, Kawit, from 2004 to 2012, and he was appointed [[Secretary of Transportation and Communications (Philippines)|Secretary of Transportation and Communications]] in 2012, a post he that served in until 2016. Another great-grandson, Emilio "Orange" M. Aguinaldo IV, married [[ABS-CBN]] news reporter [[Bernadette Sembrano]] in 2007. His great-granddaughter, Lizzie Aguinaldo, is a singer under [[Star Music]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mercado |first=Josh |title=Meet music newcomer Lizzie Aguinaldo |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/06/04/23/meet-music-newcomer-lizzie-aguinaldo |date=June 4, 2023 |website=ABS-CBN News |access-date=June 11, 2023}}</ref>

During the revolt against Spain and subsequent conflicts with American forces, Aguinaldo supported the [[Philippine Independent Church]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indigenous Christian Churches: Iglesia Filipina Independiente (Philippines: A Country Study) |url=http://countrystudies.us/philippines/48.htm |last=Dolan |first=Ronald E. |publisher=Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1991 |website=Country Studies |access-date=November 5, 2022}}</ref> He became a long-time member, but reverted to Roman Catholicism later in life.<ref name="religion"/>