Baltzar Von Platen (statesman)
Count Baltzar Bogislaus von Platen (1766–1829) was a Swedish naval officer and statesman. He was born on the island of Rügen (now Germany) to Philip Julius Bernhard von Platen, Field Marshal and the Swedish Governor General of Pomerania, and Regina Juliana von Usedom.
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