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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.
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 ...
David Rizzio is a businessman coming from Turin, now advisor to Queen Mary. David was revealed to be a homosexual, using it as a leverage for Mary. However, his threat to Lord Ruthven proved to be deadly, as Ruthven, desperately wanting to seal the secret about his sexuality, accused David of adultery and ordered his execution in front of Mary. David Rizzio was traveling from Italy to Scotland ...
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.
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.
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.
