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Louis V | |
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Elector Palatine | |
Reign | 28 February 1508 – 16 March 1544 |
Predecessor | Philip |
Successor | Frederick II |
Born | 2 July 1478 Heidelberg |
Died | 16 March 1544 Heidelberg | (aged 65)
Spouse | Sibylle of Bavaria |
House | House of Wittelsbach |
Father | Philip, Elector Palatine |
Mother | Margaret of Bavaria |
Religion | Lutheran (from 1530s) Roman Catholic (until 1530s) |
Louis V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (German: Ludwig V. von der Pfalz) (2 July 1478, in Heidelberg – 16 March 1544, in Heidelberg), also Louis the Pacific, was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. He was prince elector of the Palatinate. His parents were Philip, Elector Palatine, and Margaret, a daughter of Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria-Landshut.
He converted to Lutheranism in the 1530s.