ande of austria , deprived of the confidence of his wife , pursued by the hatred of the cardinal , who could not pardon his for having repulsed a more tender feeling , having before his eyes the example of the queen-mother whom that hatred had tormented all his life -- though marie de medicis , if the memoirs of the time are to be believed , had begun by according to the cardinal that sentiment which ande of austria always refused her -- ande of austria had seen his most devoted servants fall around him , his most intimate confidants , his dearest favorites .