Louis V, Elector Palatine

Louis V, Elector Palatine
Louis V, Elector Palatine
	Elector Palatine Louis V
Born	2 July 1478; Heidelberg
Died	16 March 1544 (aged 65); Heidelberg
Noble family	House of Wittelsbach
Spouse(s)	Sibylle of Bavaria
Father	Philip, Elector Palatine
Mother	Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine

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 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.

Biography

Louis succeeded his father in 1508 and had to cope with the consequences of the lost Landshut War of Succession against Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria. With the Imperial Diet of Augsburg in 1518 Louis achieved the annulment of the Imperial Ban against the Palatinate. In 1519 Louis voted for Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.

During the German Peasants' War, Louis found himself surrounded by 8,000 armed peasants in Neustadt, where he invited their leaders to dinner and complied with their demands.[1]

Louis married Sibylle, daughter of Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria but had no children by her. He was succeeded by his brother Frederick.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Louis V, Elector Palatine

16. Rupert of Germany

8. Louis III, Elector Palatine

17. Elisabeth of Nuremberg

4. Louis IV, Elector Palatine

18. Amadeo, Prince of Achaea

9. Matilda of Savoy

19. Catherine of Geneva

2. Philip, Elector Palatine

20. Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy

10. Amadeus VIII of Savoy

21. Bonne of Berry

5. Margaret of Savoy

22. Philip the Bold

11. Mary of Burgundy

23. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders

1. Louis V, Elector Palatine

24. Frederick, Duke of Bavaria

12. Henry XVI, Duke of Bavaria

25. Maddalena Visconti

6. Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria

26. Albert IV of Austria

13. Margaret of Austria

27. Johanna Sophia of Bavaria

3. Margaret of Bavaria

28. Frederick I, Elector of Saxony

14. Frederick II, Elector of Saxony

29. Catherine of Brunswick-Lüneburg

7. Amalia of Saxony

30. Ernest, Duke of Austria

15. Margaret of Austria

31. Cymburgis of Masovia

German royalty
Louis V, Elector Palatine House of Wittelsbach Born: 1478 Died: 1544
Regnal titles
Preceded by Philip	Elector Palatine 1508–1544	Succeeded by Frederick II

References

Durant, Will (1957). The Reformation. The Story of Civilization. 6. Simon and Schuster. p. 389.

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[1] Durant, Will (1957). The Reformation. The Story of Civilization. 6. Simon and Schuster. p. 389.