Williamite War in Ireland

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17th-century war conflict war

The Williamite War in Ireland was a late 17th-century conflict between supporters of the deposed Catholic King James II and the Protestant King William III that decisively shaped Ireland’s political and religious landscape.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	17th-century war → conflict → war →
alsoKnownAs	War of the Two Kings →
belligerent	Jacobites → Williamites →
cause	conflict over succession to the English, Scottish and Irish thrones → deposition of James II in the Glorious Revolution →
commandedBySide	James II of England → William III of England →
consequence	consolidation of Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland → imposition of Penal Laws on Catholics → marginalisation of Irish Catholics →
endDate	1691 →
FrenchRole	military aid to Jacobites →
FrenchSupport	Louis XIV of France →
historicalPeriod	Early Modern Ireland →
involvedForeignPower	Kingdom of France →
involvedPower	Kingdom of England → Kingdom of Ireland → Kingdom of Scotland →
JacobiteCommander	Patrick Sarsfield → Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell →
JacobiteSupportBase	Irish Catholics →
location	Ireland →
longTermImpact	entrenchment of Protestant landownership in Ireland → integration of Ireland more firmly into the Williamite British state → shaping of sectarian divisions in Ireland →
majorBattle	Battle of Aughrim → Battle of the Boyne → Siege of Derry →
majorEvent	Siege of Limerick →
opposedRuler	William III of England →
partOf	Nine Years' War →
politicalContext	Glorious Revolution →
relatedConflict	Jacobite risings →
relatedEvent	Glorious Revolution of 1688 →
religiousDimension	Catholic–Protestant conflict →
result	Williamite victory → defeat of Jacobite forces in Ireland →
startDate	1689 →
supportedRuler	James II of England →
treaty	Treaty of Limerick →
treatyDate	1691 →
WilliamiteCommander	Frederick Schomberg → Godert de Ginkell → Meinhardt Schomberg →
WilliamiteSupportBase	Irish Protestants →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Aughrim (1691) ("Williamite–Jacobite War") → Siege of Limerick (1690–1691) →	conflict
Glorious Revolution → Restoration (England) ("Williamite era") →	followedBy
Jacobite risings → Stuart period →	hasPart
James II of England ("Battle of the Boyne") →	battle
Kingdom of Ireland →	event
Nine Years' War ("Battle of the Boyne (1690)") →	hasMajorBattle
William II of Scotland →	notableEvent
Battle of Aughrim (1691) →	partOf