Louis V, Elector Palatine

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

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.

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.

After negotiations with the discontented farmers had failed in 1524 Louis was involved in the German Peasants' War.

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