The royal cause triumphed; and Richelieu's political structure was not even shaken.

Mazarin stood inflexibly by the work of his great predecessor.

Turenne and Conde were the military heroes of this, as well as of the subsequent foreign wars, resulting in the acquisition of Alsace (1648) and other great territorial expansion.
When Cardinal Mazarin died in 1661, the young king was asked to whom the ministers should bring their portfolios.

To which came the unexpected reply, "_To me_.".