The medal struck to commemorate the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 between the forces of the deposed King James II of England, and those of Dutch Prince William of Orange who, with his wife Mary II, had acceded to the Crowns of England and Scotland in 1688. The battle took place across the River Boyne near the town of Drogheda in Ireland, the modern day Republic of Ireland, and resulted in a victory for William. This turned the tide in James's failed attempt to regain the British crown and ultimately aided in ensuring the continued Protestant ascendancy in Ireland.
The medal struck to commemorate the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 between the forces of the deposed King James II of England, and those of Dutch Prince William of Orange who, with his wife Mary II (his cousin and James's daughter), had acceded to the Crowns of England and Scotland in 1688. The battle took place across the River Boyne near the town of Drogheda in the Kingdom of Ireland, modern day Republic of Ireland, and resulted in a victory for William. This turned the tide in James's failed attempt to regain the British crown and ultimately aided in ensuring the continued Protestant ascendancy in Ireland.
Size: 4965px × 2820px
Location: Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 17th, anglo, antiquarian, antiquity, army, art, battle, battlefield, billy, black, boyne, british, cavalry, century, civil, combat, commemorative, conquest, county, culture, drawing, drogheda, eire, engraving, etching, fighting, heritage, historic, history, icon, ii, iii, illustration, infantry, ireland, irish, james, king, line, lithograph, louth, meath, medal, military, monochrome, orange, picture, sketch, soldiers, symbol, troops, vii, war, white, william, woodcut
