Something that Baudrillart reports that I didn't remember from Kamen is that word got out to the general populace, and a lot of people thought it would be a great idea if the mentally ill king were allowed to retire. Only the queen and courtiers who benefited from this arrangement thought it was imperative that Philip remain king.
This situation SUCKS.
That's true. Mind you, I can understand why Isabella didn't want to be a retired King's wife again, either. She was younger and in her prime, political activity was the one compensation for seeing after a mentally unstable man she had, and giving this up in favour of her offspring with nothing to look forward to but decades (due to her age) of a life of first nursing and caring Philippe and after his death prayer, well...
It was awful for everyone.
Philip V: No alternating Protestants and Catholics for Holy Roman Emperor!
[Mildred: Has he heard rumors about Fritz as a candidate?]
He may have, or he was suspicious re: the durability of August III's conversion? But after August the Strong had become Catholic, there was really no question who the leading Protestant German noble house was, so more likely, he heard rumors about Fritz.
Re: Philippe le Grenouille
Something that Baudrillart reports that I didn't remember from Kamen is that word got out to the general populace, and a lot of people thought it would be a great idea if the mentally ill king were allowed to retire. Only the queen and courtiers who benefited from this arrangement thought it was imperative that Philip remain king.
This situation SUCKS.
That's true. Mind you, I can understand why Isabella didn't want to be a retired King's wife again, either. She was younger and in her prime, political activity was the one compensation for seeing after a mentally unstable man she had, and giving this up in favour of her offspring with nothing to look forward to but decades (due to her age) of a life of first nursing and caring Philippe and after his death prayer, well...
It was awful for everyone.
Philip V: No alternating Protestants and Catholics for Holy Roman Emperor!
[Mildred: Has he heard rumors about Fritz as a candidate?]
He may have, or he was suspicious re: the durability of August III's conversion? But after August the Strong had become Catholic, there was really no question who the leading Protestant German noble house was, so more likely, he heard rumors about Fritz.