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DAVID RIZZIO (RICCIO)
BORN: c. 1533 MURDERED: 9 MARCH 1566
Portrait of Rizzio, probably an unfinished miniature
Secretary and confident of Mary Queen of Scots. Murdered by Darnley (Mary's husband) and others in Mary's presence because of his influence with her.