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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. She defeats the rebel forces but spares Rizzio and Moray and demands that Darnley give her a...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • confessor, to Mary, Queen of Scots when he was murdered on the same night as David Rizzio in Edinburgh. Black is thought to have been a member of an Aberdeen family...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • became an enemy of Mary, Queen of Scots. He was involved in the murder of David Rizzio. In December 1568 he came to Hampton Court to testify against Mary, and...
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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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    Silva, saying she was sorry to hear of Mary's troubles and the murder of David Rizzio. In October 1564 Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, arrived at the...
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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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    2016 Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Holliday 2018 Mary Queen of Scots David Rizzio 2019 Miss Bala Lino Esparza 2021 Settlers Jerry 2023 Finestkind Costa...
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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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    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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    Queen of Scots. He was one of the murderers of the queen's secretary David Rizzio and was heavily implicated in the murder of her second husband Lord Darnley...
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    subsequently declared an outlaw and took refuge in England. It was said that David Rizzio was involved in brokering pardons for Moray and the rebels, which aroused...
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  • football player David B. Rivkin (1956–2024), American attorney and political commentator David Rizzio (1533–1566), Italian courtier David Roback (1958–2020)...
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