Mary's Italian secretary, David Rizzio, was dragged from Mary's apartment, illustrated here, by a group of nobles including her husband, Darnley.
From "Edinburgh," Rosaline Orme Masson, 1912.
Apartment of Mary, Queen of Scots, at Holyrood Palace, in a painting by John Fulleylove (1847–1908).
Darnley probably intended to imprison Mary and rule in her place, but she convinced him to escape with her. The other conspirators produced a paper with Darnley's signature that confirmed that Darnley had been in on the planning. The son of Mary and Darnley, James, was born three months after the murder of Rizzio.