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David Rizzio (/ ˈ r ɪ t s i oʊ / RIT-see-oh; Italian: Davide Rizzio [ˈdaːvide ˈrittsjo]; c. 1533 – 9 March 1566) [3] or Riccio (/ ˈ r ɪ tʃ i oʊ / RITCH-ee-oh, Italian:) was an Italian courtier, born in Pancalieri close to Turin, a descendant of an ancient and noble family still living in Piedmont, the Riccio Counts di San Paolo e Solbrito, who rose to become the private secretary ...
Jan 24, 2015 · Andrew Ker of Fawdonside aimed his pistol at the Queen’s pregnant belly while George Douglas, Darnley’s uncle, grabbed Darnley’s dagger from his belt and stabbed Rizzio. In Mary’s recounting of the events, she swears this first blow was right over her shoulder. Rizzio was screaming for justice and for Mary to save him.
- A Doomed Marriage
- The Plotting Husband
- The Assassination
- Notes and Sources
At the time that Mary employed Rizzio, she was in love (or perhaps 'in lust') with Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, a man John Guy describes as "a narcissist and a natural conspirator", a man who liked his drink and who was promiscuous.2 It is said that Darnley was even intimate with Rizzio3Mary married Darnley on Sunday 29th July 1565 at her private ch...
Immediately after their marriage Darnley had started plotting to change Scotland's religion, with David Rizzio acting as one of his confidantes, and "his actions put in jeopardy the religious compromise that Mary had worked so shrewdly over the past four years to establish"7. That, combined with his behaviour in the bedroom, wrecked the marriage. A...
At 8pm on the night of Saturday 9th March 1566, Lord Darnley and a large group of conspirators (around 80 men) made their way through the Palace of Holyroodhouse to the Queen's supper chamber where she was enjoying a meal with Rizzio and some other friends. Darnley entered first, to reassure his heavily pregnant wife, and then Lord Ruthven, in full...
Based on an original article from The Elizabeth Files blog by Claire Ridgway and an excerpt from On This Day in Tudor Historyalso by Claire Ridgway. 1. Guy, John (2004) My Heart is My Own: The Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Harper Perennial, p204 2. Ibid., p211 3. Ibid., p236; Stedall, Robert (2012) The Challenge to the Crown: Volume I: The Struggle ...
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 ...
Feb 6, 2021 · The craven Rizzio cowered behind her, but the murderous throng seized hold of him with a hearty goodwill, wrenched his fingers away from the Queen’s skirts, and dragged him out into the ante ...
- Jan Bondeson
Mar 9, 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 ...
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David Rizzio, sometimes known as David Riccio, was the son of a musician in the Italian town of Turin. His musical skills led to his being retained by the Archbishop of Turin, then at the Court of Savoy. Rizzio first came to Scotland as a member of a diplomatic mission from Savoy in 1561. He caught the attention of Mary Queen of Scots, and ...
