David Rizzio details on a grave monument at Canongate Kirk Church burial ground, Edinburgh, Lothian,Scotland

Name Details

David Rizzio

The name David Rizzio is the first name on the monument.

The monument is in Canongate Kirk church burial ground, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.

There are 236 other graves within this cemetery that are listed within the GPR database.

David Rizzio was buried in 1566. The actual date of death is not currently recorded on the GPR database but it may be on the grave monument photograph.

David Rizzio calculated age is 33.

David Rizzio birth is given as 1533.

David Rizzio is listed on the GPR grave numbered 162926.

David Rizzio is listed as the first name on monument on the grave monument.

David Rizzio has the record number 348196 within the GPR person name database table.

The record was added to the GPR on 14 November 2011

There is one image available for the monument listing David Rizzio (see grave detail page).

The follow note is stored against David Rizzio record:

It is said that during the Rebellion Rizzios body was removed from Holyrood and placed in a churchyard close by and this is supposed to be his last resting place Though there is no evidence to justify this supposition there is a very strong tradition that it is so

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