 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Marwitz akaberekerwa muTuchlin, West Prussia kuna Alexander von der Marwitz naMarianne née Wysocki. Akakura achitaura mitauro miviri chiGerman nechiPolish uye akapinda chikoro muDanzig. Akazvipira Blüchers Hussar Regiment No. 5 muna 1813 muhondo dzokusunungurwamukurwisana naNapoleon ndokudzokera kunzvimbo yababa vake muna 1814. Marwitz akapasa Abitur yake muBraunsberg uye akadzidza dzidziso yeKaturike uye uzivi paYunivhesiti yeBreslau, Bonn uye muPelplin muna 1825-29. 