Louis V the Brandenburger
| Louis V, Duke of Bavaria | |
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Louis V, Duke of Bavaria, statue by Ernst Herter, 1899, former Siegesallee, Berlin
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| Spouse(s) | Margrete of Denmark Margarete Maultasch |
| Noble family | House of Wittelsbach |
| Father | Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor |
| Mother | Beatrix of Świdnica |
| Born | May 1315 |
| Died | 18 September 1361 Zorneding |
Louis V, Duke of Bavaria, called the Brandenburger (May 1315 – 18 September 1361) was Duke of Bavaria and as Louis I also Margrave of Brandenburg and Count of Tyrol. Louis V was the eldest son of Emperor Louis IV and his first wife Beatrix of Świdnica. He was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty.
Louis V was Margrave of Brandenburg from 1323 when he received the territory as a fiefdom from his father. As such, Louis contributed to the Declaration at Rhense in 1338. Wittelsbach rule in Brandenburg never earned much popular support. As a consequence of the murder of Provost Nikolaus von Bernau by Berlin citizens in 1325, the town was punished with a papal interdict. From 1328 onwards Louis was in war against the Duchy of Pomerania, which he claimed as a fiefdom. The conflict did not end before 1333, when he gave up his claims.
In order to acquire Tyrol for the Wittelsbach family, Louis V married Margarete Maultasch in 1342 before she was divorced from her previous husband, John Henry of Luxembourg. John Henry was a son of John the Blind, who had deposed Margarete's father, Henry of Gorizia-Tyrol as King of Bohemia in 1310. William of Ockham and Marsilius of Padua defended this first "civil marriage" in the Middle Ages. The Pope, however, excommunicated the couple and the scandal was known across Europe. Tyrol was punished with a papal interdict.
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