Siege of Cork (1690)

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The Siege of Cork (1690) was a Williamite War engagement in Ireland in which English and Dutch forces captured the Jacobite-held city of Cork, helping to secure Protestant control over southern Ireland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
siege ⓘ
belligerent Dutch Republic ⓘ
Jacobite Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Jacobitism

Jacobite forces ⓘ
Kingdom of England (William III) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of England

Williamite forces ⓘ
linked to: Williamite army
category Sieges involving England ⓘ
Sieges involving the Dutch Republic ⓘ
Sieges of the Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ
combatantSide Jacobite side ⓘ
Williamite side ⓘ
commander Donough MacCarthy, 4th Earl of Clancarty ⓘ
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton ⓘ
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
Justinus van Nassau ⓘ
Roger McElligott ⓘ
conflict Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ
countryAtTime Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
endDate 1690-09-29 ⓘ
followedBy Siege of Kinsale (1690) ⓘ
garrisonSide Jacobite garrison of Cork ⓘ
hasLocation Cork ⓘ
linked to: Cork city

County Cork ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
southern Ireland ⓘ
hasResult Williamite victory ⓘ
capture of Cork by Williamite forces ⓘ
strengthening of Protestant control in southern Ireland ⓘ
weakening of Jacobite control in southern Ireland ⓘ
militaryTheater Irish theatre of the Williamite War ⓘ
opposingMonarch James II of England ⓘ
William III of England ⓘ
partOf Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ
precededBy Battle of the Boyne ⓘ
resultedIn surrender of the Jacobite garrison at Cork ⓘ
significance helped secure Protestant control over southern Ireland ⓘ
reduced Jacobite access to continental support ⓘ
startDate 1690-09-21 ⓘ
strategicObjective capture of a major Jacobite-held port ⓘ
secure Williamite control of southern Ireland ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
Nine Years' War era ⓘ
linked to: Nine Years' War
usedForces Dutch troops ⓘ
English troops ⓘ
naval support from the Royal Navy ⓘ
year 1690 ⓘ

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Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton → battle → Siege of Cork (1690) ⓘ
Siege of Cork (1690) → garrisonSide → Jacobite garrison of Cork ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Cork (1690)
Siege of Cork (1690) → category → Sieges of the Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Cork (1690)