Conrad von Rosen
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Conrad von Rosen was a Baltic German soldier from Livonia, who served in the French army under Louis XIV from 1646 on. He fought in the Franco-Dutch War and the Nine Years' War. In 1689, he went to Ir
Portrait by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1705
A portrait of Conrad von Rosen as marshal, c. 1705
Siege of Carrickfergus
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The siege of Carrickfergus took place in August 1689 when a force of Williamite troops under Marshal Schomberg landed and laid siege to the Jacobite garrison of Carrickfergus in Ireland. After a week
Carrickfergus Castle
A statue of William III commemorating his landing at Carrickfergus in 1690.