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Louis V, Elector Palatine

1478 - 1544

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis V, Elector Palatine is the 9,777th most popular politician (down from 9,518th in 2019), the 2,757th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,749th in 2019) and the 827th most popular German Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis V, Elector Palatine ranks 9,777 out of 19,576Before him are Antipater Etesias, Maria Dobroniega of Kiev, Muhammad az-Zanati, Irene Camber, Gilbert Horal, and Atsuko Ikeda. After him are Sirajuddin of Perlis, Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, Abdourahamane Tchiani, Ben-Hadad I, Lotf Ali Khan, and Bu Jiang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1478, Louis V, Elector Palatine ranks 15Before him are John, Prince of Asturias, Pánfilo de Narváez, Sancha of Aragon, Barbara Jagiellon, Hatuey, and Gian Giorgio Trissino. After him are Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Wolfgang Capito, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, Konrad Pellikan, Surdas, and Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón. Among people deceased in 1544, Louis V, Elector Palatine ranks 10Before him are Clément Marot, Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, Johannes Magnus, Valerius Cordus, Pedro Damiano, and Ruy López de Villalobos. After him are Bonaventure des Périers, Antonio de Guevara, Teofilo Folengo, Rupert, Count Palatine of Veldenz, and Nilakantha Somayaji.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Louis V, Elector Palatine ranks 2,758 out of 7,253Before him are Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1906), Paul Levi (1883), Charlotte Buff (1753), Nikolaus Federmann (1505), Ignaz von Döllinger (1799), and Joseph Görres (1776). After him are Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich (960), Michael Kiske (1968), Hermann von Fehling (1812), Marcel Ophüls (1927), Lothar Emmerich (1941), and Johanna Budwig (1908).

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