Giovanni Battista Castiglione

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One of Castiglione's graffiti carvings in the Tower of London

Giovanni Battista Castiglione (1516–1598) was the Italian tutor of Princess (later Queen) Elizabeth I. It is speculated that he taught Prince (later King) Edward VI.^[1] A humanist reformer, he was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1556 by Elizabeth's sister, Mary I.^[2] Later, he carried Elizabeth's letters when she herself was imprisoned in the Tower.

Castiglione was born at Gassino, near Torino, in the Piedmont, son of Captain Piero Castiglione, of Mantua; he served in the Army of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, at Landrecies & Boulogne. He was appointed to young Elizabeth's Court as Master of the Italian Tongue in Nov 1544; & when Elizabeth became Queen, he was made Groom of her Privy Chamber, which post he held until shortly before his death. He was granted by her the Manor of Benham Valence, in Berkshire; & he was buried in the nearby church of St Mary, Spene. He married in London in 1558, Margaret Allen, widow of Lazarus Allen, & the illegitimate daughter of expatriate Florentine Merchant Bartolomeo Compagni (1503-1561), and they had a large family. ^[3]

References

↑ Overell, Anne M. (2008). Italian reform and English Reformations, c.1535-c.1585. Ashgate Publishing Ltd. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-7546-5579-4.
↑ "Giovanni Battista Castiglione inscription". Historic Royal Palaces. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
↑ http://pigott-gorrie.blogspot.co.uk/2008/05/italian-in-tudor-london-giovanni.html

Persondata
Name	Castiglione, Giovanni Battista
Alternative names	Castillion, John Baptiste
Short description	Italian soldier, tutor, servant
Date of birth	1516
Place of birth	Gassino, Torino, Italy
Date of death	1598
Place of death	Speen, Berkshire.

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