When James was deposed and fled to France, Louis XIV (already at war with William of Orange) supported him with troops and money to help him regain his crown, though he stipulated that the French troops he sent to Ireland would have to be made good by the sending of the same number of Irish recruits to France.
Da James var blevet afsat var han flygtet til Frankrig, her havde Ludvig XIV(der allerede var i krig med Vilhelm af Oranje) givet ham støtte i form af penge og tropper, dog betingede han at antallet af franske tropper der blev sendt til Irland skulle modsvares ved at det samme antal af irere blev sendt til Frankrig som rekrutter.