Abstract
When King James II was forced to seek refuge in France after the Dutch Stadtholder, William of Orange, had defeated him at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, tens of thousands of his followers and their families, known to history as the Jacobites, also had to flee their unfortunate country to seek refuge in Louis XIV’s kingdom. About half of them joined the Irish regiments in French service, and greatly distinguished themselves, while others followed civil careers in the higher reaches of the civil administration, in the Church and, most of all, in different sectors of the French economy. This essay will focus particularly on their industrial and commercial ventures, as well as their impact on the economic development of the kingdom of France and on the outlook of the French nobility.
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