Editing David Rizzio (section)

==Legacy and memorial==
David Rizzio's career was remembered and referred to by [[Henry IV of France]]. Mocking the pretension of [[James VI of Scotland]] to be the "Scottish Solomon", he remarked that "he hoped he was not David the fiddler's son", alluding to the possibility that Rizzio, not Darnley, fathered King James.

George Buchanan wrote in 1581 that David was first buried outside the door of [[Holyrood Abbey]], and then Mary arranged for him to be buried in the tomb of her father [[James V of Scotland|James V]] and [[Madeleine of Valois|Madeleine of France]] within. Buchanan described this circumstance as reflecting badly on the Queen. Fearing that Mary's son, [[James VI of Scotland|James VI]], would suppress his book, Buchanan's friend [[James Melville (1556–1614)|James Melville]] tried to get Buchanan to rewrite the passage while the book was at the printers. Buchanan asked his cousin, Thomas Buchanan, a schoolmaster in Stirling, if he thought the story was true, and the cousin agreed. The story was published.<ref>Buchanan, George, ''History of Scotland'', book 17 chapter 65: James Aikman, ''History of Scotland'', vol. 2 (Glasgow, 1827), p .483 & footnote: ''The Diary of Mr James Melville'' (Bannatyne Club, 1829), p. 86.</ref>

It is sometimes said that Rizzio was buried at the [[Canongate Kirk]] and burying ground. Holyroodhouse is within the old [[Canongate]] jurisdiction,  and Rizzio's death was recorded in the Canongate registers. This pre-dated the building of the [[Canongate Kirk]] in 1688, and it is unlikely he could be buried there.<ref>A. Francis Steuart, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.526872/page/n125/mode/2up ''Life od Seigneur Davie'' (London, 1922), p. 110 fn]</ref>