The Battle of the Boyne Von Zurlauben's Foot pewter miniature in 54mm scale.
Brief History:
The Battle of the Boyne was fought in 1690 between two rival claimants of the English, Scottish, and Irish thrones – the Catholic King James and the Protestant King William (who had deposed James in 1688) – across the River Boyne near Drogheda on the east coast of Ireland.
The battle, won by William, was a turning point in James' unsuccessful attempt to regain the crown and ultimately helped ensure the continuation of Protestant supremacy in Ireland.
Ironically, some contemporary historians have speculated that William's campaign may have been funded, at least in part, by Pope Alexander VIII as part of a shared hostility with William to Louis XIV of France, who at the time was attempting to establish dominance in Europe and to whom James was an ally.
William's forces defeated James' army of mostly raw recruits. The symbolic importance of this battle has made it one of the best-known battles in British–Irish history and it is a key part of the folklore for the Orange Order.
The Williamite side comprised of 36,000 troops made up of 12 nationalities, among then, Dutch, Danes, Germans, French Huguenots, English, Scottish, Irish, Swiss, Italians, Norwegians and Poles. The Jacobites numbered 24,000 men of five nationalities, Irish, English, Scottish, French and German.
Its commemoration today is principally by the Orange Institution.
Part of the French contingent which King Louis XIV sent in support of King James II , this regiment was commanded by a Swiss-German, Colonel Conrad von Zurlauben and was also known as the Blue Regiment. It was due to von Zurlauben's defense of the Bridge of Duleek against the Williamites that the Jacobite army were able to withdraw and continue the war until the Treaty of Limerick on 3rd October 1691.
This figure was sculpted by Chris Tubb and hand-painted by local Irish artists.
This product is not suitable for children under the age of 14.
