Theodor Ilgen (29 October 1854, in

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– 19 September 1924, in

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) was a German

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and historian. He studied history at the

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as a pupil of Conrad Varrentrapp. In 1879 he received his doctorate, and afterwards worked as an archivist at the state archives in

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(from 1880),

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(from 1882) and

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(from 1885). From 1900 to 1921 he was director of the archives at Düsseldorf.Theodor Ilgen
de.Wikisource (bibliography) He published German translations of

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' book on Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich III and Josef Grünpeck's work on Friedrich III and Maximilian I. He made contributions as editor t
''Die Chroniken der westfälischen und niederrheinischen Städte''
("The Chronicles of

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and

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cities"; 3 volumes, 1887–95) and was the author of several biographies in the ''

Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB; ) is one of the most important and comprehensive biographical reference works in the German language. It was published by the Historical Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences between 1875 and 1912 in 56 volumes, printed in Lei ...

''.

Selected works

* ''Markgraf Conrad von Montferrat'' (1880) –

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Conrad of Montferrat Conrad of Montferrat (Italian language, Italian: ''Corrado del Monferrato''; Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ''Conrà ëd Monfrà'') (c. 1146 – 28 April 1192) was a nobleman, one of the major participants in the Third Crusade. He was the '' ...

. * ''Die Geschichte Kaiser Friedrichs III'' (2 parts, 1889–90); translation of Aeneas Silvius' ''Historia Friderici III. imperatoris''. * ''Die Geschichte Friedrichs III. und Maximilians I.'' (1899); translation of Josef Grünpeck's ''Historia Friderici III. et Maximiliani I.''. * ''Sphragistik, Heraldik deutsche Münzgeschichte'' (with Erich Gritzner, 1906) –

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heraldry Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, Imperial, royal and noble ranks, rank and genealo ...

and German coinage. * ''Die neuen Dienstgebäude der Staatsarchive zu Coblenz und Düsseldorf'' (with Richard Knipping, 1907) – The new offices of the State Archives at

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and Düsseldorf. * ''Die wiederaufgefundenen Registerbücher der Grafen und Herzöge von Cleve-Mark'' (1909) – The rediscovered registration books of the counts and dukes of the

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. * ''Quellen zur inneren Geschichte der Rheinischen Territorien: Herzogtum Kleve'' (2 parts, 1921–25) – Sources for the internal history of the Rhenish territories: Duchy of Cleves.Ilgen, Theodor
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ilgen, Theodor 1854 births 1924 deaths People from Schmalkalden-Meiningen University of Marburg alumni 19th-century German historians 20th-century German historians German archivists