Hans Friedrich von Platen

Family Hans Friedrich von Platen was a member of the Pomeranian noble family of Platen. His parents were Hans Friedrich von Platen and Maria Elisabeth von Münchow. His father was killed by a neighbor shortly before his birth.

He married Hypolita Juliane von Podewils. She was the daughter of the Brandenburg colonel Mathis Georg von Podewils. The pair had the following children:

Action in the War of Spanish Succession Count Philip Wilhelm soon took him as a cornet to his regiment, and he fought as a second lieutenant in the War of Spanish Succession. He had been promoted to first lieutenant by the time of the sieges of Kaiserswerth and Venlo. From 1702 he became general adjutant of Dubislav Gneomar von Natzmer. With Natzmer's help, Platen became a deputy in the Gensdarmes' regiment. In 1703 he was involved in the siege of Bonn. He was captured at the Battle of Höchstädt (1704), when the French army under Claude Louis Hector de Villars defeated the imperial armies; he was soon exchanged. After the Battle of Mollwitz in 1741, his regiment was divided; he retained command of half, and the other half fell under the command of Colonel Karl Friedrich von Posadowsky.

On 12 May 1743, Frederick II appointed him general of the cavalry, but whether he ever learned of it is unclear, since he died on 17 May 1743 in Mohrungen.