Utrechtse Heuvelrug (category Municipalities of Utrecht (province))
illegitimate son of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange who gave him Castle Zuylestein in 1640 Godert de Ginkell, 1st Earl of Athlone (1644 in Amerongen...
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Athlone was besieged twice during the Williamite War in Ireland (1689–91). The town is situated in the centre of Ireland on the River Shannon and commanded...
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Athlone. In the lead up to what was to become the Battle of Aughrim, Mullingar was fortified by the Dutch-born Godert de Ginkell, 1st Earl of Athlone...
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Flanders and left Godert de Ginkell to command in Ireland. The following year, Ginkell won a significant victory at the Battle of Aughrim. Following...
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led by his subordinates, Dutch officer Godert de Ginkel and second-in-command Württemberg. Ginkel was conscious of the poor military situation facing William...
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Battle of the Boyne on 1 July 1690, after which James fled back to France. Upon William's return to England, his close friend Dutch General Godert de Ginkell...
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Williamite War in Ireland (redirect from The War of the Two Kings)
realised Athlone was the target and began concentrating his troops west of the town. Ginkell breached the Jacobite lines of defence and took Athlone on 30...
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(1887). Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct or dormant. Vol. 1–8 (1st ed.). London: George...
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