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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.
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 ...
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 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 ...
The murder of David Rizzio. 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. Seven months earlier, Mary had married Lord Darnley in the ...
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 (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.
