ABSTRACT
Karl-Alexander, upon whom honours and remunerative posts had been heaped, always seemed to be short of money. The day after the ceremony Karl-Alexander sailed with his wife down the Danube to Belgrade, to resume his duties as governor of the city. Karl-Alexander had him arrested on charges of ingratitude towards his sister and complicity in the crimes of which she had been found guilty. Until the middle of the nineteenth century the people, clinging to their love of the supernatural, were convinced that Karl-Alexander had been carried away by the devil. Suss Oppenheimer wore an enormous diamond, a present from Karl-Alexander, and was generous to the women who accorded him their favours. Born at Heidelberg in 1684, Suss, a proud, handsome young man, had been brought up at the ducal court of Wolfenbuttel, where he assimilated the customs of high society. A young Wurttemberg princess was born at about the time that the offensive was launched against Suss.
