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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.
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.
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.
27 de jun. de 2018 · Rizzio, David (c.1533–66). Servant of Mary Stuart, brutally murdered in the presence of the pregnant queen by a group of conspirators including Mary's husband Darnley . Born in Turin , and arriving in Scotland in 1561 in the entourage of the Savoyard ambassador, Rizzio drew Mary's attention through his musicianship, but later acted as her secretary.
Join Emma Stead, Curator at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, and Dr Emanuela Patti, Lecturer in Italian at the University of Edinburgh and Principal Investigator of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Project ‘David Rizzio: An Italian at the Scottish Court’, to explore the extraordinary story of David Rizzio in this in conversation event.
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.
The Murder of David Rizzio. For centuries, the dramatic life of Mary, Queen of Scots, has provided exciting subject matter for painters, writers and composers. Here, Sir William Allan depicts the assassination of David Rizzio, the queen 's Italian secretary, in March 1566. The artist took great care to be historically accurate, establishing the ...
