Louis XIII appointed him at a dying Richelieu's request and himself died within a year, so I don't think kid Louis XIV saw Mazarin in a context to his late father, but, as you say, very much in a context with his mother.
I'd forgotten it was within a year, though I did remember he wasn't Louis XIII's favorite, just "a" favorite of the previous regime and could easily have been dismissed when Louis XIV came of age.
Still, it could have gone worse for Moltke. At least he wasn't banished, or stripped of his earthly possessions or something like that.
Very true. It went: "dimissed without a pension, restored, dismissed without a pension, pension eventually granted."
(Heinrich: Or despite NOT having been a favourite of the previous King basically told he should stay in retirement and that his services were unwanted for anything but reading tips. Grrr. Argh.)
Aww. Poor Heinrich! Well, salon loves you, Heinrich!
Re: Danish kings and their favorites: Frederik V and Moltke
I'd forgotten it was within a year, though I did remember he wasn't Louis XIII's favorite, just "a" favorite of the previous regime and could easily have been dismissed when Louis XIV came of age.
Still, it could have gone worse for Moltke. At least he wasn't banished, or stripped of his earthly possessions or something like that.
Very true. It went: "dimissed without a pension, restored, dismissed without a pension, pension eventually granted."
(Heinrich: Or despite NOT having been a favourite of the previous King basically told he should stay in retirement and that his services were unwanted for anything but reading tips. Grrr. Argh.)
Aww. Poor Heinrich! Well, salon loves you, Heinrich!