William III and II also known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, ...

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The battle took place on 1 July 1690 O.S. William's forces defeated James's army, which consisted mostly of raw recruits. Although the Williamite War in Ireland ...

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William III was born on 4th November 1650. A Dutchman by birth, part of the House of Orange, he would later reign as King of England, Scotland and Ireland ...

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William III (1672–1702) and king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1689–1702), reigning jointly with Queen Mary II (until her death in 1694).

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They invited the Protestant prince William of Orange of the Netherlands to take the throne. William was married to King James II's eldest daughter Mary Stuart.

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William's arrival marked the culmination of a dynastic and religious crisis that had shaken three kingdoms. He and his wife Mary II, daughter of ...

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King William III crossing the Boyne, 1690 ... The Army played an important role in the downfall of King James II and his replacement by William of Orange in 1688.

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He landed at Carrickfergus near Belfast on 14 June 1690, to take over command of the army which was to defeat James and Catholic hopes in that country.

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In July 1690 he decisively defeated James at the Battle of the Boyne. James fled once again to France. The victory is still commemorated every year in Northern ...

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