Willemine Elisabeth Edzardine (Lita) de Ranitz (4 March 1876 – 21 July 1960) was a Dutch art collector.

Lita de Ranitz was born in The Hague, daughter of Sebastiaan Mattheus Sigismund de Ranitz and Hermanne Louise Christine Thomassen à Thuessink van der Hoop.

[1] Lita de Ranitz built her dollhouse collection from an early age, and continued to add to it through her travels, and by commissioning special items from craftsmen.

[2] Her younger sister Anna embroidered tiny but elaborate rugs and curtains to contribute.

[4] Lita de Ranitz married Dutch artist Willem Bastiaan Tholen in 1919, as his second wife.