Background
Von Buseck was born in Jagstberg to Ernst Johann Philipp Hartmann von Buseck and Mary Annual
Von Buseck was born in Jagstberg to Ernst Johann Philipp Hartmann von Buseck and Mary Annual
Almost nothing is known of his early life. On 7 April 1794, von Buseck was elected Prince-Bishop of Bamberg and ordained to the priesthood. Von Buseck proved to be a very weak ruler.
In 1796, when Bamberg was invaded by the French, von Buseck fled to Prague and when the French invaded Prague in 1799, he fled to Saalfeld.
In the course of the German mediatization of 1802-1803, which saw the suppression of all the Holy Roman Empire ecclesiastical principalities, Bavaria occupied the former prince-bishopric on 29 September 1802 and annexed its territories. However, until his death on 28 September 1805, von Buseck remained bishop of Bamberg, but bereft of any temporal power.