The conflict encompassed Surrounding the Williamite war in Ireland and Jacobite risings in Scotland , where William III and James II struggled Hostile_encounter for control of England and Ireland , and a campaign in colonial North America between French and English settlers and their respective Indigenous allies , today called Name_conferral King William 's War by Americans .

The Williamite War in Ireland ( 1688–1691 ) ( , `` war of the two kings '' ) , was a conflict Hostile_encounter between Jacobite supporters of King James II and Williamite supporters of Prince William of Orange .

It is also called Name_conferral the Jacobite War in Ireland or the Williamite–Jacobite War in Ireland .

A small number of English and Scottish Catholics , and Protestants of the established Building Church in Ireland , also fought Hostile_encounter on the Jacobite side , while many Irish Protestants supported Supporting or actively fought Hostile_encounter for William ’ s regime .

William landed a force including English , Scottish , Dutch , Danish and other troops to put down Jacobite resistance .

Subsequent Jacobite risings were confined Hindering to Scotland and England , but the war was to have a lasting effect on the political and cultural landscape of Ireland , confirming Check British and Protestant rule over the country for over two centuries .

The final siege took place Process_start in 1746 , when Charles Edward Stuart besieged Besieging the castle during the final Jacobite rising .