Battle of the Boyne 1690: The Irish campaign for the English crown (Campaign)

Osprey's examination of the battle of the Willamite War in Ireland (1689-1691), which would decide the fate of the crown of England. In April 1685, James II ascended the English throne. An overt Catholic, James proved unpopular with his Protestant subjects, and a group of nobles invited the Dutch prince William of Orange to take the throne in the Glorious Revolution of 1688; James II fled to France. James returned in 1689, a French fleet landing him at Kinsale in Ireland. On 14 June 1690, William led an army to Ireland and came face-to-face with the Jacobites along the banks of the Boyne near Drogheda. This book describes the events that led to the momentous battle on July 1, 1690. En beskrivelse af slaget ved Boyne i Irland 1690, hvor den katolske engelske kong Jacob 2., der i 1689 var blevet afsat af parlamentet, og hans hær blev besejret af Wilhelm 3. af Oranien, der blev engelsk konge. Under slaget spillede danske auxiliærtropper en betydelig rolle, de var af den danske kong Christian 5. blevet udlejet til Wilhelm 3. af Oranien After a reign of almost a quarter of a century, King Charles II of England died on 6 February 1685.