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RIDOLFI, or RIDOLFO, ROBERTO DI (1531-1612)  , See also:Italian conspirator, belonged to a famous See also:family of See also:Florence, where he was See also:born on the 18th of See also:November 1531 . As a banker he had business connexions with See also:England, and about 1555 he settled in See also:London, where he soon became a See also:person of some importance, and consorted with See also:William See also:Cecil and other prominent men . During the See also:early years of See also:Elizabeth's reign he began to take a more active See also:part in. politics, associating with the discontented See also:Roman Catholics in England and communicating with their See also:friends abroad . In 1570 he set to See also:work on the See also:plot against the See also:queen which is usually associated with his name . His intention was to marry See also:Mary, queen of Scots, to the See also:duke of See also:Norfolk and to See also:place her on the • See also:English See also:throne . With the aid of See also:John See also:Lesley, See also:bishop of See also:Ross, he gained the consent of these high personages to the See also:conspiracy, and then in 1571 he visited the duke of See also:Alva at See also:Brussels, See also:Pius V. at See also:Rome, and See also:Philip II. at See also:Madrid to explain to them his See also:scheme and to gain their active assistance thereto . His messenger, by name See also:Charles See also:Baillie (1542-16.25), was, however, seized at See also:Dover, and in other ways the English See also:government heard of the intended rising . Consequently, Norfolk and Lesley were arrested, the former being cQndemned to' See also:death in See also:January 1572 . See also:Ridolfi, who was then in See also:Paris, could do nothing when he heard this See also:news, and his scheme collapsed . Afterwards he served the See also:pope, but much of his later See also:life was spent in Florence, where he became a senator and where he died on the 18th of See also:February 1612 .

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