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9 de mar. de 2015 · On 9 March 1566, David Rizzio, secretary and (possibly) lover of Mary, Queen of Scots, was brutally murdered in the queen's bedchamber at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. She was heavily pregnant at the time, with the child who would later be crowned James VI and I , and it has been speculated by some that the brutal attack on Rizzio was carefully designed to induce a miscarriage in Mary.
David Rizzio lived from 1533 to 9 March 1566. An Italian musician, he became a private secretary and confidante of Mary Queen of Scots before being murdered at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh by a group of Protestant lords including the Queen's husband, Lord Darnley. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our ...
Description. The Italian David Rizzio arrived in Scotland in 1561 with the ambassador from Savoy. He entered the service of Mary, Queen of Scots, first as musician and later as her secretary and close companion. On the night of 9 March 1566 he was brutally murdered in Mary, Queen of Scots’ private apartments at Holyroodhouse.
24 de ene. de 2015 · The murder of David Rizzio, personal secretary of Mary Queen of Scots, in my mind is one of the most dramatic moments in Scottish history, if not all history. Rizzio was born in 1533 in Pancalieri in the duchy of Savoy. He .was a descendant of the Riccio Counts de San Paolo et Solbrito.
8 de mar. de 2023 · Hear about the tragic murder of Mary, Queen of Scots' private secretary on 9 march 1566 at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh.
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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.
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.
