(Austro-Hungarian Minister) and
Charles J. Vopicka (American Minister) at the funeral of Queen
Elisabeth of Romania, 1916. In 1894, Bussche-Haddenhausen was appointed to the Foreign Office and began his diplomatic career. In May 1895, he was appointed as legation secretary to the
German embassy in Tangier, replacing the incumbent envoy
Christian von Tattenbach, before becoming ''
chargé d'affaires'' in August 1895. In May 1896, Bussche-Haddenhausen was appointed legation councilor before he was recalled from
Tangier in November. He left Argentina a year later and was assigned to Egypt, working at the
German embassy in Cairo on 26 February 1900 under chargé d'affaires
Maximilian von Loehr. He stayed in Cairo for two years becoming legation councilor in October 1902 before moving to the
German embassy in London on 30 October 1902. He served in London as Second Secretary of the Embassy under Ambassador
Paul Wolff von Metternich. His assignment was brief as he was assigned to the
German embassy in Washington, D.C. on 2 July 1903 as First Secretary of the embassy under Ambassador
Hermann Speck von Sternburg before becoming embassy counselor the following year. Bussche-Haddenhausen's served in Washington until May 1906, when he returned to the Foreign Office in Berlin in the Politics Department working, primarily, as a department head for English affairs. Shortly before his return to Argentina where he replaced
Julius von Waldthausen, he became a Privy Legation Councilor on 17 May 1909. Bussche-Haddenhausen took over as acting head of the
German embassy in Bucharest on 18 September 1914, again succeeding Julius von Waldthausen, who retired. In December 1915, Bussche-Haddenhausen was appointed Envoy but had to return to Germany at short notice in the summer of 1916 because of the unexpected break in diplomatic relations with
Romania. When he arrived, he was put into temporary retirement in September, but was deployed again at the Foreign Office in Berlin in November 1916, focusing on various departments, including Politics, Trade Policy, Law, Intelligence, and the Central Office for Foreign Service. On 27 January 1918, he was awarded the title of Real Privy Councilor with the title of "Excellence". As a result of the collapse of the Empire and the dissolution of state institutions, his assignment at the Foreign Office in Berlin ended on 1 January 1919.
Later life In August 1919, he was reported to have said that "the indemnities provided for in the
Peace Treaty will never be collected, because they are so ridiculous and high that the
League of Nations will eventually annul or reduce them. He declare[ed] that it [was] only a matter of time until Germany will regain 'her old place of supremacy.'" In the beginning of the
Weimar Republic, Bussche-Haddenhausen withdrew from public life. By 1928, however, he held the office of chairman of the
Verein für Deutsche Kulturbeziehungen im Ausland (Association for German Cultural Relations Abroad), serving until 1931. He retired in February 1932. In 1936, he purchased the
Mecklenburg estate
Katelbogen in northern Germany. ==Personal life==