RIZZIO, DAVID

rĭtˈsēō, 1533?–1566, favorite of Mary Queen of Scots. He was a Piedmontese musician (also called Riccio) who arrived (1561) in Scotland with the ambassador from Savoy. He came to the notice of Queen Mary and toward the end of 1564 became her secretary for French affairs. The trust that Mary placed in him, however, caused jealousy and hatred on the part of many great nobles. They persuaded Lord Darnley, Mary's husband, that Rizzio was Mary's lover. Then, in 1566, with Darnley's support, they broke into Mary's quarters in Holyrood Palace, seized Rizzio in the queen's presence, and killed him. There is no proof or disproof of the charge that Mary was his mistress, but it is clear that his murder was only part of a larger campaign by Scottish nobles against Mary.

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books on: Rizzio David  - 168 results

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The Fiction of J. D. Salinger
Book by Frederick L. Gwynn, Joseph L. Blotner; University of Pittsburgh Press, 1958
Subjects: Salinger, J. D--(Jerome David)--1919-
...feature is the poig nancy of its humor. For David Stevenson, the typical crisis of a Salinger...a racetrack until rescued by a Mrs. Rizzio, who let him use her library and educate...XVIII November , 76-80. 1957 David L. Stevenson, "J. D. Salinger: The Mirror...
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Operas in English: A Dictionary
Book by Margaret Ross Griffel, Adrienne Fried Block; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: Opera--Dictionaries
...manuscript, and far-ranging expertise; my son, David S. Griffel, for his help with the appendixes...written by the actor/theater manager David Garrick 1717-1779 . In the eighteenth...Toussaint 1977, London by British-born David Blake b. 1936 . Still 1895- 1978 also...
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Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World: Britain, Ireland, Europe, and America
Book by John A. Wagner; Oryx Press, 1999
Subjects: America--Discovery And Exploration--English--Encyclopedias, Europe--History--1517-1648--Encyclopedias, Great Britain--History--Elizabeth, 1558-1603--Encyclopedias, Ireland--History--1558-1603--Encyclopedias
...Reformation, Scottish Rizzio, David Ruthven raid Scotland...Lord Darnley, seize and murder David Rizzio, the French secretary of Mary...WESTMINSTER PALACE. Further Reading: David Cressy, Bonfires and Bells: National...
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John Knox: Portrait of a Calvinist
Book by Edwin Muir; Viking Press, 1929
Subjects: Knox, John--Ca. 1514-1572
...eighteenth century estimate represented by David Hume and Burns. If I show bias it is not...and distinguished visitors like Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount came and went. The...patriarchs and prophets, in Abraham, Noah, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and all their compeers...
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Tudor England - Vol. 2
Book by David Harrison; Cassell, 1953
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603
...bestowed on her Italian secretary, David Rizzio, who had displaced Maitland as...Portrait Gallery . nobles, who hated Rizzio as an upstart, and by the ministers...their own tyranny. At all events Rizzios days were numbered. A band, the...
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journal articles on: Rizzio David  - 2 results

 
 
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Muriel Spark: The Finishing School
Journal article by Nora Foster Stovel; International Fiction Review, Vol. 33, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Finishing School (Book)--Book reviews
...focus his novel on the murder of David Rizzio, Marys musician and advisor. He has...brother, inspired by Bonivard, avenged Rizzios death by plotting the murder of Marys...the origin of the plot to murder Rizzio. While Chris toys with alternate...
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A Conceptual Framework of Self-Advocacy for Students with Disabilities
Journal article by David W. Test, Catherine H. Fowler, Wendy M. Wood, Denise M. Brewer, Steven Eddy; Remedial and Special Education, Vol. 26, 2005
Subjects: Disabled students--Psychological aspects, Self realization, Self-actualization (Psychology), Self-realization, Special education, United States. Department of Education
...with Disabilities. by David W. Test , Catherine H. Fowler...Balcazar, Keys, Bertram, Rizzio, 1996; Hicks-Koolick Kurtz...University. Center on Human Policy. DAVID W. TEST, PhD, is a professor...education program. Address: David W. Test, Special Education Program...


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Bravehearts: The Real Gay McCoys in Scotland's Capital City of Edinburgh Are True
Magazine article by Raphael Kadushin; The Advocate, February 3, 2004
...famous as the killing field where Marys Italian secretary, David Rizzio, was stabbed 56 times by jealous courtiers. According...actor who clearly faced a future of minor dinner theater, Rizzio was left looking like a "cored apple" after the classic...
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Mexican Musicians in California and the United States, 1910-50
Magazine article by John Koegel; California History, Vol. 84, Fall 2006
Subjects: Mexican musicians--Criticism and interpretation, Mexican musicians--Forecasts and trends, Mexican musicians--Works, Musicians, Mexican--Criticism and interpretation, Musicians, Mexican--Forecasts and trends, Musicians, Mexican--Works
...States, Hoyos also sang in the 1932 Los Angeles premiere of David Rizzio, the opera by California composer Mary Carr Moore (1873-1957...Rio (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000); David Ramon, Dolores del Rio (Mexico City: Editorial Clio, 1997...
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Traquair House, Peeblesshire
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 48, August 1998
Subjects: Peeblesshire, Scotland--Historic sites
...Traquair. Later kings who signed documents from the lodge included David I and his grandsons Malcolm IV and William the Lion, followed...helped Mary to escape from Holyrood by night after the murder of Rizzio, and later that year she visited him at Traquair with her husband...
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James VI & I: Jenny Wormald Reviews the Career of the Man Who Was King of Scotland for Fifty-Seven Years and King of England for Twenty-Two, and Whose Great Dream Was to Create a Unified Kingdom of Great Britain
Magazine article by Jenny Wormald; History Today, Vol. 52, June 2002
Subjects: James I, King of England--Conduct of life, James VI, King of Scotland--Conduct of life, Kings and rulers--Conduct of life, Monarchy--History, Scotland--History, United Kingdom--History
...and she had been embroiled in scandal, when six months pregnant, with the murder of her Italian musician and secretary David Rizzio (who was not in fact the Queens lover but certainly too much in her favour, as representative and ultimate victim of...
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Edinburgh: The Visually Spectacular Scottish Capital Witnessed Fierce Dynastic Struggle before It Welcomed the Spirit of the Enlightenment, as Patricia Cleveland-Peck Discovers
Magazine article by Patricia Cleveland-Peck; History Today, Vol. 59, January 2009
Subjects: Edinburgh, Scotland--History, Political violence--History, Royalty--History
...Abbey of Holyrood, founded in 1128 by King David, the son of Queen Margaret, from an early...her French secretary and possible lover Rizzio was murdered in the royal apartments; and...and in its kirkyard lie the philosopher David Hume, the economist Adam Smith and the...
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newspaper articles on: Rizzio David  - 9 results

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Sherlock in Scotland
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 5, 2005
Subjects: Carr, Caleb
...Darnley, her presumed Italian lover David Rizzio along with others. The premise here is that the gruesome murder of Rizzio, a controversial member of Marys...also suffer multiple stab wounds. Rizzios murder, presumed to have been caused...
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SAINT SINNER? He Is the Notorious Noble Who 'Raped' the Queen of Scots
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 12, 2006
...The Protestant lords had told him that Bothwell and David Rizzio, Marys Italian secretary, had too much influence over the Queen. In March 1566, Rizzio was killed by Darnley and a group of nobles. Bothwell...
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The Prince of Sales; Andrew'sTV Plug Puts Scots Palace into the World's Top Ten
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), February 5, 2006
...David I founded as a monastery in 1128. It is also where the pregnant Mary Queen of Scots saw her private secretary David Rizzio stabbed to death by a band of nobles led by her husband Lord Darnley in 1566. Last night, a U.S. tourist industry insider...
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At Her Majesty's Treasure; the Queen Has Given Her Permission for TV's TIME TEAM to Dig Up the Royal Back Garden - Three of Them, in Fact. MARY GREENE Finds out What May Lie beneath the Palace Lawns
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 19, 2006
Subjects: Archaeology
...developed out of a 12th-century Augustinian abbey, founded by King David I. The monks would have offered prayers for the king, acted...saw her marriage to Lord Darnley; his murder of her secretary Rizzio, suspected of adultery with the Queen, and her third marriage...
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Historic Cemeteries Are in Grave Danger; Heritage Experts Place Scots Sites on At-Risk List
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 8, 2009
Subjects: Cemeteries, Historic sites
...who befriended poet Robert Burns after separating from her husband. Also under threat is the Canongate grave of Sir David Rizzio, the Italian valet to Mary, Queen of Scots, who was stabbed to death in front of her in 1566 in her chamber at the Palace...
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encyclopedia articles on: Rizzio David  - 9 results

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Rizzio, David
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RIZZIO, DAVID rit seo, 1533? 1566, favorite of Mary...persuaded Lord Darnley , Marys husband, that Rizzio was Marys lover. Then, in 1566, with Darnleys...Marys quarters in Holyrood Palace, seized Rizzio in the queens presence, and killed him...
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Riccio, David
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RICCIO, DAVID see Rizzio, David . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Holyrood Palace
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the present building c.1500. The palace, partially destroyed by the English in 1544, was the scene of the murder of David Rizzio in 1566. It was almost completely destroyed by fire in 1650. Charles II had it rebuilt (1671 79) according to plans...
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Ruthven
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of Protestant doctrines. A privy councillor to Mary Queen of Scots , he took a leading part in the murder (1566) of David Rizzio and wrote a memoir of the affair, which still exists in manuscript in the British Museum. He fled to England, where...
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Morton, James Douglas, 4th Earl Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Protestant party, he became lord high chancellor to Mary Queen of Scots in 1563. He was a principal in the murder of David Rizzio (1566) and fled thereafter to England. Pardoned, he returned to Scotland the following year and became involved in...
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