Hans Friedrich von Platen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Rügen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
About Hans Friedrich von Platen
- Hans Friedrich von Platen (21 January 1668 at his family's estate at Sagar on Ruegen, 17 May 1743 in Mohrungen, Prussia) was a royal Prussian general of the cavalry.
- While in service in the Prussian Army, he fought in the Great Turkish War, the War of Spanish Succession and the Great Northern War.
- Both of his sons were Prussian generals,; the youngest, Dubislav Friedrich von Platen, was a trusted and successful general of Frederick the Great.
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