[1] On 5 October 1906, Marquis[2] von Pallavicini was appointed ambassador at Constantinople (now Istanbul) by Emperor Franz Joseph I.

Due to his long tenure and being the dean of the diplomatic corps in Constantinople, he was considered to wield a large influence over events in the Ottoman Empire.

[5] The reports that he sent to Vienna clearly show that he was aware of the nature of the Ottoman initiative and that it involved a "centrally planned and organised extermination".

[6] Already in June 1915, he wrote to Vienna that "the Armenian population ... is not only being subjected to the greatest misery but also to a total extermination (einer gänzlichen Ausrottung)".

[8] In April 1917, Markgraf von Pallavicini politely declined Emperor Karl I's offer of becoming Foreign Minister.