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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 (ortografiat și David Riccio) (n. circa 1533, Torino - d. 9 martie 1566, Holyrood) a fost un muzician italian și secretar al Mariei Stuart. A fost asasinat, din gelozie, de Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, la Palatul Holyrood, în prezența Mariei Stuart. Omicidiul a fost catalizatorul căderii lui Darnley și a avut consecvențe ...
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 Riccio di Pancaliere in Piedmonte was an Italian courtier who was born near Turin, a descendant of the Riccio Counts de San Paolo et Solbrito. As a young man, he went from Turin to Nice to seek a position at the court of the Duke of Savoy. On finding no opportunities for advancement, he was admitted, in 1561, to the train of Robertino Solaro, Count Moretta, who had been appointed as the ...
DAVID RIZZIO (RICCIO) BORN: c. 1533. MURDERED: 9 MARCH 1566. Portrait of Rizzio, probably an unfinished miniature. Secretary and confident of Mary Queen of Scots. Murdered by Darnley (Mary's husband) and others in Mary's presence because of his influence with her.
David was ambitious, and saw himself as all but a Secretary of State. He was also a Catholic and a foreigner to boot, Rizzio, it was felt, was too close to the Queen. Rumors became rife that Mary was having an adulterous affair with Rizzio. Murder [] David Rizzio was stabbed 56 times on March 9, 1566 by Lord Darnley and his friends.
4 de abr. de 2024 · 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.
