Plater family

The family was first documented in 1274 with knight Hinricus de Broyle and later in 1392 with Rötger von dem Broel genannt Plater.

[4] Józef Antoni Plater [pl] (1750-1832), acquired Dubrovytsia and Worobin estates in Brest Litovsk Voivodeship, and Pulma and Zahordzie in Volhynia.

[4] His only heir was Ignacy Wilhelm Plater (1791-1854), who obtained the Belmont [be] and Bohiń estates in the Vilnius region from his sister Konstancja, the widow of Count Stanisław Manuzzi.

One of his sons was Włodzimierz Stanisław Plater [pl], a historian and bibliophile, owner of a valuable library, which he housed in the castle in Wiśniowiec.

[5] Second son Konstanty (1828-1886) was an architect, took part in the January Uprising, due to which he lost his property, was exiled to Siberia, then settled in Austria.

[7] Szweksznie branch was founded by George (died before 1825), the second son of Wilhelm Jan, owner of Švėkšna Manor, Kartena, Šateikiai [lt] and other estates in Samogitia.

[8] He had sons Gustaw Wilhelm (1841-1912) a composer, and Adam Alfred (1836-1908), an archaeologist, president of the Vilnius Land Bank, and a political loyalist.

[8] Adam Alfred's younger son was Jerzy [lt], last owner of Švėkšna, lived in the interwar Lithuania after World War I, and died on exile in Soviet Union in 1943.

[9] Gotard Jan Plater (d. 1664) was a major and military officer, and owned landed estates in Livonia (Indryca, Varnaviči [lt]) and Antonosze in Vilnius voivodeship.

[11] His son Konstanty Ludwik (1722-1788), Castellan of Trakai, increased the family's wealth by acquiring estates in Volhynia and Ukraine through his marriage to Princess Augusta Ogińska (1724-1791).

(1836-1863), who died during the January Uprising taking it upon himself to organize an attack on Russian troops, thus protecting Zygmunt Bujnicki, the actual commander and father of a large family.

Leon Plater, on the other hand, was ordained a priest and was chaplain to the Polish Air Force and President Władysław Raczkiewicz during World War II.