It does, and it's entirely possible that this was an early Suhm nickname before everyone got to know him better, and then Fritz named him Diaphenes for the reasons your beautiful story provides.
Exactly what I was thinking! If your predecessor is "Devil", "Little Devil" is exactly what you get called when you first show up, he's still fresh in everyone's minds, and you're short. ;)
"Diaphanes" may actually have been as late as 1736. I have no evidence for it before that, and Wilhelmine (who's admittedly been away for years) doesn't seem to know about it.
her mother was the same Countess Platen wo played a role in bringing the Sophia Dorotha the older/Count Königsmarck affair out in the open and thus getting SD locked up for life and Königsmarck killed.
Ooooh. Wow, yeah, it's good to know about all these little connections.
Re: Wilhelmine's Memoirs
Exactly what I was thinking! If your predecessor is "Devil", "Little Devil" is exactly what you get called when you first show up, he's still fresh in everyone's minds, and you're short. ;)
"Diaphanes" may actually have been as late as 1736. I have no evidence for it before that, and Wilhelmine (who's admittedly been away for years) doesn't seem to know about it.
her mother was the same Countess Platen wo played a role in bringing the Sophia Dorotha the older/Count Königsmarck affair out in the open and thus getting SD locked up for life and Königsmarck killed.
Ooooh. Wow, yeah, it's good to know about all these little connections.