Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig von Wittich was a Prussian lieutenant general and a member of the Reichstag.

[1] Von Wittich received his education in the cadet corps and joined the Prussian Army in 1835 as a second lieutenant.

As the latter, with the rank of colonel, he distinguished himself in the Austro-Prussian War and received the prestigious Pour le Mérite for his services.

With his division he participated in the arduous and long operations along the Loire and against Le Mans from October 1870 to January 1871.

He married Johanna Albertine Luise Anna Hiller von Gaertringen on June 16, 1863 (* October 21, 1833).