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William III (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), [c] also known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1672, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702.
The opposing armies in the battle were led by the Roman Catholic king James II of England and Ireland (VII of Scotland) and, opposing him, his nephew and son-in-law, the Protestant king William III ("William of Orange") who had deposed James the previous year. James's supporters controlled much of Ireland and the Irish Parliament.
The British Army of William III, 1689–1702. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0719019876. Clarke, JS (1816). The Life of James the Second, King of England, Collected Out of Memoirs Writ of His Own Hand, Vol. 2 of 2 (2017 ed.). Forgotten Books. ISBN 978-0265170588. Connolly, S.J. (2008). Divided Kingdom: Ireland 1630–1800. Oxford UP.
The Twelfth (also called Orangemens' Day) [1] is a primarily Ulster Protestant celebration held on 12 July. It began in the late 18th century in Ulster.It celebrates the Glorious Revolution (1688) and victory of Protestant King William of Orange over Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne (1690), which ensured a Whig political party and Anglican Ascendancy in Ireland and the passing ...
The Danish Auxiliary Corps was a corps of 7,000 Danish soldiers sent to fight with William of Orange who was at war in Ireland. Disappointed with his alliance with France's King Louis XIV, Christian V of Denmark–Norway in 1689 entered into a treaty of military assistance with King William III of England.
The battle, which unfolded at the Boyne river north of Dublin, saw Protestant King William of Orange defeat Catholic King James II to secure a Protestant line of succession to the British Crown.
Rasharkin Orange hall daubed with republican graffiti Clifton Street Orange Hall in Belfast designed by William Batt and completed in 1889, [133] which has a protective cage. The equestrian statue on the roof by Harry Hems [134] is the only one of King William III of Ireland, Scotland and England on any Orange hall in Ireland.
The battle, which unfolded at the Boyne river north of Dublin, saw Protestant King William of Orange defeat Catholic King James II to secure a Protestant line of succession to the British Crown.