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    David Rizzio (/ˈrɪtsioʊ/ RIT-see-oh; Italian: Davide Rizzio [ˈdaːvide ˈrittsjo]; c. 1533 – 9 March 1566) or Riccio (/ˈrɪtʃioʊ/ RITCH-ee-oh, Italian: [ˈrittʃo])...
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    of David Rizzio is an 1833 history painting by the Scottish artist William Allan. It portrays the 1566 assassination of the Italian courtier David Rizzio...
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  • discover him in bed with her private secretary, David Rizzio. Mary defeats the rebel forces but spares Rizzio and Moray and demands that Darnley give her...
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    orchestrated the murder of Mary's Italian secretary and close friend David Rizzio. In February 1567, Darnley's residence was destroyed by an explosion...
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    Saint Michael in February 1566. Mary, Darnley, and her private secretary David Rizzio, took part in a costly masque with seven other dancers in rich attire...
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  • husband is Lord Darnley who participates in the extrajudicial killing of David Rizzio. Mary's son, James I, was sired by Darnley. Mary's final husband is long-time...
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    Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk 2016 Holliday Mary Queen of Scots 2018 David Rizzio Miss Bala 2019 Lino Esparza Settlers 2021 Jerry Finestkind 2023 Costa...
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  • Standen. Standen wrote that he helped the queen during the murder of David Rizzio, and escaped with her to Seton Palace and Dunbar Castle. Arthur Erskine...
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    1565. It was in the royal apartments that Mary witnessed the murder of David Rizzio, her private secretary, on 9 March 1566. Darnley and several nobles entered...
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    bedchamber of David Rizzio. The newsletter places the marriage in April 1565, when Mary was at Stirling. Randolph mentions that Rizzio actively supported...
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    pall mall at Seton Palace in East Lothian shortly after the murder of David Rizzio in the spring of 1566. King James VI in his 1599 Basilikon Doron mentions...
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    co-conspirators of Lord Darnley when Mary, Queen of Scot's favorite David Rizzio was killed in her presence at Holyrood Palace. Both Ruthvens fled to...
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  • chose as her subject an episode in the life of Mary, Queen of Scots. David Rizzio, a grand opera in two acts, was Moore's only work written to an Italian...
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    while the court was in Edinburgh. On 9 March 1566, Mary's secretary, David Rizzio, was murdered by conspirators loyal to Darnley. Mary escaped from Edinburgh...
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    notable people were interred in the cemetery. It has been claimed that David Rizzio, the murdered private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots, lies here, although...
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    Skinner in the Pixar animated film Ratatouille (2007). He appeared in two David Cronenberg films: Naked Lunch (1991) and eXistenZ (1999). His acting was...
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    He played a leading role in the murders of Queen Mary's confidant, David Rizzio, and king consort Henry Darnley. He was the last of the four regents...
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    as shepherds. Mary, Queen of Scots, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, and David Rizzio took part in a masque in February 1566. Mary attended the wedding of...
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  • from reaching Scotland, Mary lands safely with her Italian secretary, David Rizzio, and rides to Holyrood Palace near Edinburgh. Immediately upon her arrival...
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    coach-painter, and studied under John Graham at the Trustees' Academy, with David Wilkie, John Burnet, and Alexander George Fraser. Here Allan and Wilkie...
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    sculptor Carmen Pieraccini, actress Paul di Resta, Formula 1 racecar driver David Rizzio, private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots Marcus Di Rollo, rugby player...
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    Ballouard A Most Wanted Man Jamal Abdullah Anton Corbijn Mary Queen of Scots David Rizzio Thomas Imbach 2015 Another South Khaleed Gianluca Maria Tavarelli 2016...
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    uncredited) White Fang (1936) as Beauty Smith Mary of Scotland (1936) as David Rizzio Ramona (1936) as Jim Farrar Dimples (1936) as Richards The Garden of...
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  • Ambassador Richards Adam Croasdell as Lord Bothwell Andrew Shaver as David Rizzio Ann Pirvu as Nicole Nick Slater as Prince Henry of Valois Steve Byers...
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  • 1463 – Catherine of Bologna, Italian nun and saint (b. 1463) 1566 – David Rizzio, Italian-Scottish courtier and politician (b. 1533) 1649 – James Hamilton...
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  • secretary to James V of Scotland from March 1525 to June 1526 David Ricco (David Rizzio) was royal secretary to Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. Ricco helped...
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    Huntly about their plans to escape from Holyroodhouse after the murder of David Rizzio, while she was sitting on her chaise percée. A nineteenth century development...
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  • (1566–1625). Together with Lord Ruthven and others, Darnley openly murdered David Rizzio in Holyrood Palace in March 1566. Mary thereafter distanced herself from...
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    rebels and conspired in the murder of the queen's private secretary, David Rizzio, just three months before James's birth. James was born on 19 June 1566...
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    residence at Holyrood Palace, including the murders of her secretary David Rizzio and consort Henry Darnley, reached a crisis point which resulted in her...
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