War of the Two Kings

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The War of the Two Kings was a late 17th-century conflict in Ireland between supporters of the deposed Catholic King James II and those of the Protestant King William III, forming part of the wider struggle for the English, Scottish, and Irish thrones.

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War of the Two Kings canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil war
conflict
war
alsoKnownAs Williamite War in Ireland
conflictBetween supporters of James II of England
supporters of William III of England
endedBy Treaty of Limerick
endTime 1691
followedBy Protestant Ascendancy
surface form: Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland
hasAlly Dutch Republic
Government of England
surface form: Kingdom of England (Williamite government)

Kingdom of France
hasCause Glorious Revolution
deposition of James II
religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Ireland
succession dispute over the English throne
hasCommander Godert de Ginkell
James II of England
Patrick Sarsfield
Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell
surface form: Richard Talbot, Earl of Tyrconnell

William III of England
hasConsequence Treaty of Limerick
confirmation of William III as King of England, Scotland, and Ireland
further marginalization of Irish Catholics
imposition of Penal Laws in Ireland
hasLocation Ireland
Kingdom of Ireland
hasMajorBattle Battle of Aughrim (1691)
surface form: Battle of Aughrim

Battle of the Boyne
Siege of Derry
hasMajorEvent Siege of Limerick (1690–1691)
surface form: Siege of Limerick (1690)

Siege of Limerick (1690–1691)
surface form: Siege of Limerick (1691)
hasParticipant Jacobite risings
surface form: Jacobites

James II of England
surface form: King James II of England

William III of England
surface form: King William III of England

Williamites
hasTheatre Connacht
Leinster
Munster
Ulster
partOf Nine Years' War
Williamite War in Ireland
politicalContext struggle for control of the English, Scottish, and Irish thrones
religiousContext Catholic–Protestant conflict in the British Isles
result Williamite victory
defeat of Jacobite forces in Ireland
startTime 1689
timePeriod late 17th century

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Williamite War in Ireland alsoKnownAs War of the Two Kings
Cath Eachroma (Irish) hasContext War of the Two Kings
subject surface form: Cath Eachroma
William Dorrington conflict War of the Two Kings