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Diego Guzmán de Silva (Ciudad Rodrigo, c. 1520 - Venice, 1577) was a Spanish canon and diplomat. He served as ambassador to England (then under Elizabeth I), the Republic of Genoa, and the Republic of Venice.[1]
Mary, Queen of Scots
editHis reports include news from Scotland, relaying news of the Chaseabout Raid and the English diplomat John Tamworth who was sent to complain about the wedding of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley.[2] Guzman saw that Elizabeth I wore a miniature portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, on a chain at her waist in April 1566.[3]
Robert Melville told De Silva that Mary intended to mourn Darnley in her chamber for forty days.[4] At the end of July 1567, the Earl of Moray, who was in England, told Guzmán de Silva that he had heard of the finding of a letter in Mary's own handwriting to Bothwell which implicated her in the murder of Lord Darnley. He had not revealed this to Queen Elizabeth.[5][6] De Silva talked with Mary's priest Roche Mamerot, who came to London after the wedding of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Earl of Bothwell. Mamerot had opposed the marriage.[7]
Guzman wrote a number of letters describing Mary's arrival in England in May 1568, and the efforts of French and Scottish diplomats on her behalf.[8]
Depictions
editGuzman is depicted as the ambassador of Spain to Britain during the reign of Edward VI in Becoming Elizabeth. He is portrayed by Olivier Huband.[9]
References
edit- ↑ Levin, Michael Jacob (2005). Agents of Empire: Spanish Ambassadors in Sixteenth-Century Italy. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801443527.
- ↑ John Hungerford Pollen, Papal negotiations with Mary Queen of Scots during her reign in Scotland (Edinburgh: SHS, 1901), pp. 470–471.
- ↑ Martin Hume, Calendar State Papers Spain, Simancas, 1 (London, 1892), p. 539 no. 349
- ↑ David Hay Fleming, Mary Queen of Scots (London, 1897), p. 152.
- ↑ Simon Adams, "The Casket Letters: Controversy and Conspiracy", David Como and Michael Questier, Religion, Politics and the Public Sphere, 1500–1850 (Boydell, 2025), p. 65.
- ↑ Retha Warnicke, Mary Queen of Scots (Routledge, 2006), pp. 179–180.
- ↑ John Hungerford Pollen, Papal negotiations with Mary Queen of Scots during her reign in Scotland (Edinburgh: SHS, 1901), pp. 519–521: David Hay Fleming, Mary Queen of Scots (London, 1897), pp. 156–157.
- ↑ Martin Hume, Calendar State Papers Spain, Simancas, 2 (London, 1894), pp. 42, 56
- ↑ Petski, Denise (May 11, 2021). "'Becoming Elizabeth': Romola Garai, Jessica Raine, Tom Cullen, Bella Ramsey, More Join Alicia von Rittberg In Starz Series". Deadline. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
Olivier Huband (I Hate Suzie) is Ambassador Guzman. The arrogant and cunning Spanish ambassador, one of the pillars of Mary's alternative court, the face of Mary's overseas allies.
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