von Platen is a noble

Nobility

Nobility is a social class which possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than members of most other classes in a society, membership therein typically being hereditary. The privileges associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles, or may be...

 family originally from Rügen

Rügen

Rügen is Germany's largest island. Located in the Baltic Sea, it is part of the Vorpommern-Rügen district of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.- Geography :Rügen is located off the north-eastern coast of Germany in the Baltic Sea...

 and Pomerania

Pomerania

Pomerania is a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea. Divided between Germany and Poland, it stretches roughly from the Recknitz River near Stralsund in the West, via the Oder River delta near Szczecin, to the mouth of the Vistula River near Gdańsk in the East...

. Several branches of the family live in Sweden, where members have been noted statesmen and high officials.

The family's ancestor is Otto "cum Plate," who was Councillor in Rügen in 1255. A branch of the family was naturalised as Swedish nobility in 1751 (adliga ätten 1922). Two branches of this branch have since been elevated to baronial status. Several members of the family beloning to branches which have not been introduced at the House of Nobility

House of Nobility

House of Nobility can refer to the following historical Nordic noble estate's assemblies:* Swedish House of Nobility* Finnish House of Nobility...

 also live in Sweden; these branches are part of the unintroduced nobility. A German branch received a comital title in Germany.