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David Riccio (or David Rizzio) was born in Italy. He travelled to Scotland in 1561 with the duke of Savoy's ambassador. He sang before Mary Queen of Scots who subsequently appointed him a gentleman of the Privy Chamber and later secretary. His closeness to the queen aroused the suspicions of her husband, Lord Darnley, and of the Scottish nobles.
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 exact identity and role of all the individual conspirators and recreating the look of Mary's rooms at the Palace of Holyrood.
Died: 9 March 1566. Holyrood, Edinburgh. Cause of Death: Murder by Stabbing. Religion: Roman Catholic. David Riccio di Pancaliere in Piedmonte was an Italian courtier, 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 the evening of March 9th, 1566, David Rizzio, the private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots, was brutally murdered. Dragged from the chamber of the heavily pregnant Mary, Rizzio was stabbed fifty six times by a party of assassins. This breathtakingly tense novella dramatises the events that led up to that night, telling the infamous story as ...
2 de oct. de 2023 · Rizzio by Denise Mina In 1566, half the nobles of Scotland plan to murder Mary, Queen of Scots' private secretary, the Italian David Rizzio - right in front of the Queen. Read by Siobhán Redmond.
David Rizzio Plays Tennis with His Assassins Late Saturday afternoon · 9th March, 1566 · Indoor tennis court · Palace of Holyrood · Edinburgh Lord Ruthven wanted him killed during this tennis match but Darnley said no. Lord Darnley wants it done tonight.
