What, if anything, actually happened to Katsch, I don't know.
Not much, as far as I can tell. He'd had a whole lot of offices and was the closest to a minister of justice Prussia had at the time, in charge of the criminal college in Berlin for example, law reforms, and other related things. (Apparently FW also told him to have on eye on the conduct of his fellow ministers.) This 1977 bio entry says that he did indeed step down as minister in 1727 and was, by his own wish, succeeded by Cocceji. I can't say if that was related to the whole Saxony kerfuffle, though, because he was also quite old at that point, sixty-two, and subsequently died in 1729. But maybe it was a factor in the decision. Also, to quote said bio entry: A glance at contemporary literature shows that he performed his office in the spirit of the king, whose views he knew to live like no other. Mild in private life, relentless in service, loyal to his king, without being called a favorite, K. was one of the most hated Prussian officials of his time alongside Creutz. After his death, the king lamented the loss of the “faithful man who served me out of love”.
And Wilhelmine apparently mentions him in her memoirs: "the bodily image of the unjust judge in the Gospel, a man who is accomplished in the art of twisting and turning everything, and the very willing creature of Grumbkow".
(Btw, I also saw that his widow was Countess Camas' predecessor as EC's Chief Court Mistress (until 1742).)
Re: August vs FW: Nobody kicks MY envoy out of the country
Not much, as far as I can tell. He'd had a whole lot of offices and was the closest to a minister of justice Prussia had at the time, in charge of the criminal college in Berlin for example, law reforms, and other related things. (Apparently FW also told him to have on eye on the conduct of his fellow ministers.) This 1977 bio entry says that he did indeed step down as minister in 1727 and was, by his own wish, succeeded by Cocceji. I can't say if that was related to the whole Saxony kerfuffle, though, because he was also quite old at that point, sixty-two, and subsequently died in 1729. But maybe it was a factor in the decision.
Also, to quote said bio entry: A glance at contemporary literature shows that he performed his office in the spirit of the king, whose views he knew to live like no other. Mild in private life, relentless in service, loyal to his king, without being called a favorite, K. was one of the most hated Prussian officials of his time alongside Creutz. After his death, the king lamented the loss of the “faithful man who served me out of love”.
And Wilhelmine apparently mentions him in her memoirs: "the bodily image of the unjust judge in the Gospel, a man who is accomplished in the art of twisting and turning everything, and the very willing creature of Grumbkow".
(Btw, I also saw that his widow was Countess Camas' predecessor as EC's Chief Court Mistress (until 1742).)