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On the night of Saturday, 9 March 1566 Mary, Queen of Scots’ private secretary, David Rizzio, was murdered in the queen's private chambers at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Take a look inside these rooms and find out more about what happened that evening.
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David Rizzio was an Italian courtier, born close to Turin, a descendant of an ancient and noble family living in Piedmont. There is evidence that David Rizzio was sexually involved with a man. David Rizzio and Mary, Queen of Scots had known each other for approximately 5 years as they had met in 1561, after Mary's return to Scotland, until his death in 1566.
DAVID RIZZIO or RICCIO (1533?-1566), secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots, was the son of a musician at Pancalieri, near Turin, where he was born about 1533. He obtained a good musical education from his father, and began life in the service of the archbishop of Turin, whence he went to Nice to the court of the Duke of Savoy.
March 9, 1566, Edinburgh. David Riccio (born c. 1533, Pancalieri, near Turin, Piedmont—died March 9, 1566, Edinburgh) was the secretary to Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots; he helped to arrange her marriage to Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley. Riccio was the son of a musician. In 1561 he went to Scotland with the Duke of Savoy’s ambassador.
David Rizzio was born in Pancalieri in Piedmont, northern Italy, about the year 1534, though he is sometimes said to have been older. He came to Scotland in December 1561 as secretary to the Count de Morette, ambassador from the Duke of Savoy, and stayed behind when the embassy departed a month or so later, as musician and part-time secretary, having been recommended to Mary by her uncle, the ...
David Rizzio Plays Tennis with His Assassins Late Saturday afternoon · 9th March, 1566 · Indoor tennis court · Palace of Holyrood · Edinburgh Lord Ruthven wanted him killed during this tennis match but Darnley said no. Lord Darnley wants it done tonight.
