The House von dem Bussche is the name of an old East- Westphalian noble family. The Lords ''von dem Bussche'' belonged to the nobility in the County of Ravensberg. Various branches of the family exist today.

History

Origin

The first official mention of the Bussche line was in 1225 with the Lord Everhardus de Busche. His brother Albert is known from 1230 deeds.Westfälisches Urkundenbuch 3 (1868), Nr 1712 The Lords ''von dem Bussche'' were originally from the County of Ravensberg on the border area of Ravensberg and the Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück, where the family moved in the late Middle Ages. In 1390 the family acquired the estates of Ippenburg and in 1447 of Hünnefeld, both located east of Osnabrück near the town of Bad Essen. In the early 16th century they acquired the nearby estate at Lohe, in the early 17th century Haddenhausen and in 1656 Streithorst in the same region. With the exception of Lohe these are still today owned by the family. The Lohe branch acquired further property at Thale and ''Wendhusen Abbey'' in the Principality of

Anhalt-Köthen Anhalt-Köthen was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire ruled by the House of Ascania. It was created in 1396 when the Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst was partitioned between Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Köthen. The first creation lasted until 1562 ...

in the mid 16th century and owned it until expropriation in communist East Germany in 1945. The Ippenburg branch inherited Schloss Neuenhof in Lüdenscheid from the barons Bottlenberg-Kessel in 1825, with the head of the branch created ''Count von dem Bussche-Kessel'' in 1840. The present count lives at Neuenhof, his second son took over Ippenburg. All other family members bear the title of barons, by royal Prussian acknowledgement of 1846. Another side line of the Ippenburg branch inherited the estates of Benkhausen and Werburg in 1773 and took on the Name ''Barons von dem Bussche-Münch''; these estates were sold in the 20th century, and the line extinguished. A further side line of the Ippenburg branch inherited Dötzingen estate at Hitzacker from the counts von Oeynhausen after 1918; it was inherited by Gabriele von dem Bussche-Ippenburg (1877–1973) who married baron Georg von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen (1869–1923); their daughter was

Baroness Gösta von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen , noble family = Bussche-Haddenhausen , house-type = House , father = Baron George von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen , mother = Baroness Gabriele von dem Bussche-Ippenburg , birth_date = , birth_place = Döbeln, Ki ...

, mother of Claus von Amsberg (later Prince Claus of the Netherlands, prince consort of Queen Beatrix), who partly grew up in Dötzingen. Ippenburg01.JPG, Ippenburg Bad Essen - Schloss Hünnefeld -BT- 01.jpg, Hünnefeld Die Weserrenaissance (Sonnen) - 114 - Rittergut Haddenhausen, Innenhof.jpg, Haddenhausen Schloss Neuenhof Lüdenscheid-01.jpg, Neuenhof Landgoed Dötzingen te Hitzacker Geboortegrond van prins Claus, Bestanddeelnr 017-1177.jpg, Dötzingen

Branches

During the 15th and 16th centuries, the family was divided into three branches, named after their ancestral seats, with some of them producing further side branches: *Bussche-Ippenburg **Bussche-Ippenburg genannt von Kessel **Bussche-Münch ''(ext.)'' *Bussche-Lohe **Bussche-Haddenhausen *Bussche-Hünnefeld **Bussche-Streithorst

Notable members

Georg Wilhelm von dem Bussche Georg Wilhelm Baron von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen (19 July 1726 – 11 December 1794) was a general officer of Hanoverian soldiers during the War of the First Coalition who famously led one of the Coalition columns at the Battle of Tourcoing. In 1 ...

(1726–1794), Hanoverian general *

Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst Axel Ernst-August Clamor Franz Albrecht Erich Leo Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst (; 24 April 1919 – 26 January 1993) was a German officer during World War II and was a member of the German Resistance. He planned to assassinate Adolf Hitl ...

(1919–1993), professional Army officer and member of the

German resistance German resistance can refer to: * Freikorps, German nationalist paramilitary groups resisting German communist uprisings and the Weimar Republic government * German resistance to Nazism * Landsturm, German resistance groups fighting against France d ...

. *

Baroness Marie von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knigh ...

(1900–1974), second wife of Ulrich, 10th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau. *

(1902–1996), mother of Prince Claus von Amsberg, consort of Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands

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