Louis V, Elector Palatine

Louis V
Elector Palatine Louis V
Elector Palatine
Reign28 February 1508 – 16 March 1544
PredecessorPhilip
SuccessorFrederick II
Born2 July 1478
Heidelberg
Died16 March 1544(1544-03-16) (aged 65)
Heidelberg
SpouseSibylle of Bavaria
HouseHouse of Wittelsbach
FatherPhilip, Elector Palatine
MotherMargaret of Bavaria
ReligionLutheran (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.