RIZZIO  , or Rtccro, See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

DAVID (c . 1533–1566), secretary of See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary (q.v.), See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen of Scots, was a native of See also:

• TURIN

Turin, and came to See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland in 1561 in the See also:

• TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

train of the Piedmontese See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador . The queen wanted a See also:

• BASS
• BASS (the same word as " base," and so pronounced, but influenced in spelling by the Ital. basso)

bass See also:

• SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

singer, and he entered her service as a musician, becoming also her See also:

• VALET (Fr. valet; O. Fr. vaslet)

valet de chambre, and in 1564 private See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign secretary . After her See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage to See also:

• DARNLEY, HENRY STEWART

Darnley in 1565 his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence with Mary became See also:

• PARAMOUNT (Anglo-Fr. paramont, up above, par el mont, up or on top of the mountain)

paramount, and he gave himself See also:

• GREAT

great airs and affected considerable See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, practically superseding See also:

• MAITLAND (MAITLAND OF LETHINGTON), WILLIAM
• MAITLAND, EAST
• MAITLAND, EDWARD (1824-1897)
• MAITLAND, FREDERIC WILLIAM (1850-1906)
• MAITLAND, SIR RICHARD (LORD LETHINGTON) (1496-r586)

Maitland of Lethington as secretary of state . His See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation aroused the active hostility of Darnley and the other nobles, and he was suspected of being the queen's See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover . On the evening of the gth of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1566, the earls of See also:

• MORTON, JAMES DOUGLAS, 4TH EARL OF (c. 1525-1581)
• MORTON, JOHN (c. 1420-1500)
• MORTON, JOHN MADDISON (1811-1891)
• MORTON, LEVI PARSONS (1824- )
• MORTON, OLIVER PERRY (1823-1877)
• MORTON, THOMAS (1564-1659)
• MORTON, THOMAS (c. 1590-1646)

Morton and See also:

• LINDSAY

Lindsay, with armed followers, entered Mary's supper chamber at Holyrood, seized Rizzio, hacked him to See also:

• DEATH

death with daggers, and threw his See also:

• BODY

body into the courtyard . See See also:

• RUTHVEN

Ruthven's Narrative of Riccio's See also:

• MURDER

Murder (1836) ; and the articles on MARY, QUEEN OF ScoTS, and allied See also:

• BIOGRAPHIES

biographies .