David Riccio

David Riccio, 1533 - 1566, is an interesting person in the Scots history and we saw his grave in the Cannongate cemetery. He was Mary Queen of Scots' secretary and supposed lover. As an inflated foreign catholic, and a close confidant of the Queen, he was widely disliked. This precipitated his murder, in front of the Queen, at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. He is said to have been stabbed 57 times. The conspirators were a band of Protestant nobles, including Henry Stuart (Lord Darnley), the Queen's husband.

For more details about the end of his life, visit here.