Louis XIV (1638 - 1715)
Louis XIV was the 3rd Bourbon King of France.
He was the grandson of Henri IV (1553 - 1610), first Bourbon King of France
Louis XIV was the 3 x great grandson of Margueritte de Navarre (1492 - 1549).
Louis XIV was the great grandfather of Louis XV, 4th Bourbon King of France.
and the 3 x great grandfather of Louis XVI, husband of Marie Antoinette.
The childhood of Louis XIV spend at the Hotel de Villeroy (VB) is at the origin of many legends
around
Cremerie de Paris and VB. These legends have fascinated many people like
Empress Eugenie (1826 - 1920),
King Louis II of Bavaria (1845 - 1886),
the Romanov Children, Vincent van Gogh, Coco Chanel (1883 - 1971) and many others.
The aura of Louis XIV might also have had an impact
on the more recent Invention of the Phone Book of the World
and the arrival
of many famous brands that bypass each other
with the creation of the most spectacular Pop Up Store Expos
at the still existing VB location.
Before the birth of Louis XIV
Villeroy's grandfather, Nicolas IV de Villeroy
was already a minister
for Henri IV, grandfather of Louis XIV.
According to the legend
Henri IV had a permanent guestroom at the Hotel de Villeroy,
also called Hotel de Villeroy Bourbon or VB mansion.
Young Louis XIV
& Cremerie de Paris
Louis XIV was born in Saint Germain en Laye in the Pavillon Henri IV
1638 september 5.
His birth was considered as miracle since his parents
Louis XIII (1601-1643) and Anne of Austria (1601-1666)
had been married for 23 years without having a child
and heir to the throne of France.
1643 Anne d'Autriche becomes the regente after the death of Louis XIII.
She moves from the Louvre to the opposite Palais Cardinal / Palais Royal.
Louis XIV becomes the 3rd Bourbon King of France.
The painting shows him with his mother
and his young brother Philippe d'Orléans.
1646 Nicolas V de Villeroy is chosen to be the governor / educator of the young king.
Villeroy and his family lived on rue des Déchargeurs / rue des Bourdonnais
at the
Hotel de Villeroy Bourbon / Cremerie de Paris.
The children
of the VB mansion
François de Villeroy and Catherine de Villeroy become life time friends
for Louis XIV.
Louis XIV is particulary attached to François (1644-1730) who is only two years old
when the young king comes to VB.
The Villeroy and the Bourbon children love to climb the railings of the escalier d'honneur.
Hotel de Villeroy Bourbon is 10 minutes walking distance from the Palais Royal
walking down rue Saint Honore and passing by rue du Pont Neuf and Cremerie de Paris N°9
The engraving from 1649 shows Louis XIV
and his brother Philippe with his teacher Nicolas V de Villeroy
and his uncle Gaston d'Orleans.
The historic gate of the Hotel de Villeroy Bourbon
at the entrance on rue des Déchargeurs.
The small images show young Louis XIV on the left side next to his teacher Nicolas V de Villeroy
On the right side there is Nicolas IV de Villeroy, grandfather of Nicolas V de Villeroy
and King Henri V, the grandfather of
Louis XIV.
Young seven years old Louis XIV standing in front of the gate
of the Hotel de Villeroy Bourbon (VB) around 1646.
While the gate is still identically the same, the Pavillon des Drapiers / Pavillon de la Mode located on the right side
of the 11 rue des Déchargeurds has been repaced by a new building in 1869.
Cremerie de Paris N°1 is located in both houses
making the Cremerie's history very rich.
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Old Louis XIV
& Cremerie de Paris
1708 Louis Leon Pajot becomes the maitre des postes
of the Pajot & Rouillé postal company, owner of the Cremerie de Paris.
Louis XIV estimated Pajot for the reliability of his postal services.
1710s getting older Louis XIV returns to
the former Hotel de Villeroy Bourbon / VB mansion
on many occasions.
Whenever a letter is really important for the King
he insists giving it to Louis Leon Pajot in person.
If he does not feel well Louis Leon Pajot meets Louis XIV in Versailles
to pick up a letter.
Louis XIV likes to come to the VB mansion,
to give a letter to Pajot. This reminds him of his childhood.
Sometimes he watches the Pajot & Rouillé horses leave
on a long distance journey carrying
mail to
one of the 900 Pajot Rouillé offices as remote as Venice or Rome
or to the Postal palaces of the Thurn & Taxis family in Brussels or Francfort.
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The aura of young Louis XIV
has an impact on
the assistant of the inventor
of the .com domain system
15 / 20 years ago
US Technology Pioneers
"V" for Villeroy
"B" for "Bourbon"
in a unique Two Letter domain name
1993 during the early years of the internet
the same place transited from a Sony Boutique
to the first Internet cafe in France.
At that time Hotels in Paris were not yet connected
and the need of an internet connection brought rather unusual people
to our cafe at the VB mansion.
Almost everybody was from the United States.
Talking to some of them had an impact on our future.
One visitor looked rather "scientific".
He was dressed "so wild"
the Ritz Hotel who send many internet clients to the cafe
would not have let him walk through the door.
1969 july 20 he used the Apollo 11 to go to the moon.
Buzz Aldrin loved the stories about Louis XIV so we decided
to take him to Versailles to walk around the parc Louis XIV has left.
Louis XIV would certainely have loved to join us,
travelling to the moon was something quite un thinkable at his time.
According to Memo von Sachsen Gessaphe,
a great, great, great ... nephew of Louis XIV,
interior designer, mainly for Hotels like Hotel Terre Blanche
and a friend of Cremerie de Paris
his great, great, great ... uncle has watched every step
of our trip to the parc of Versailles with the atronaute.
See Memos link to Louis XIV and a bit of Bourbon genealogy here
The aura of young Louis XIV
is still there ...
In the above picture you see our historic courtyard from inside Cremerie de Paris N°1
walking by rue des Dechargeurs (on the axe from subway exit 1 Chatelet les Halles to Samaritaine)
you can look into the courtyard.
The picture you see our Video maker David Aaron Benali in action working
on a video you can also find on
75001.fr.
Little Louis XIV and his teacher Nicolas V de Villeroy (in the pictures) are watching him.
In the above picture you see our Web designer Louis Henri Schlumberger.
The view into the courtyard includes the Pokemon Cafe Aki imagined by Celio.
While hosting the Celio Pop Up Store
we did not realise the company already had a link with our old VB mansion.
Maurice Grosman, founder of Celio
and grandfather of the young woman that organised the event,
is also a writer.
He published from the same Hotel de Villeroy
"N'habite plus à l'adresse indiqué"
a book about his childhood surviving WW2
as a young jewish boy in the age of little Louis XIV.
As the scenography of the always changing Pop Up Stores
is different every time,
it's not always sure the view to the courtyard is open.
sometimes the view remains open
Badoo installed a dating bar
Celio a japaneese cafe to go with the Pokemon
Nike a Barbershop T-Shirt store.
Siemens set up a kitchen with a famous chef,
Sodexo a photo studio.
sometimes the view is closed
Amazon operated a smoke making machine to pack Xmas presents,
L'Oreal added thousands of pink ribbons for picture shooting.
Arcane / League of Legends created spectacular windows for the launch of Arcane
Little Louis XIV and the other children would have loved it ...
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