 in Upper Silesia, then part of Prussia (now Bogacica, Poland).His father was Ernst von Lüttwitz (1823–92), an "Oberförster" ("head forest warden"), "Hauptmann" (captain) and "Deichhauptmann" ("overseer of dikes").His mother was Cecile (1835–1910), the daughter of Heinrich Graf Strachwitz von Groß-Zauche und Camminetz.