Louis V, Elector Palatine

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Louis V
Elector Palatine Louis V
Elector Palatine
Reign	28 February 1508 – 16 March 1544
Predecessor	Philip
Successor	Frederick II
Born	2 July 1478 Heidelberg
Died	16 March 1544(1544-03-16) (aged 65) Heidelberg
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.