Battle of Boyne

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Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in the War of the Grand Alliance. Result: William’s victory assured his retention of the English crown.

James II, the last Stuart king of England, was deposed by a selected group of parliamentary leaders. They invited William of Orange, the king of the Netherlands, and his wife, Mary (James’s elder daughter) to assume the crown in 1688, setting the stage for this battle.

James fled to France in late 1688; in the spring of 1689, with the financial and military support of the French king, Louis XIV, he...

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