Marguerite de Navarre was the grandmother of Henri IV, first Bourbon King of France de Villeroy (1553 - 1617) Henri IV de Villeroy was the grandfather of Louis XIV. She was the ancestress of the Bourbon Kings of France and had many Links with Cremerie de Paris.
Queen of Navarre
Marguerite was first married to the Duke Charles IV of Alencon who died in 1525. 1526 Margaret of Angulème married in a second marriage Henry II of Navarre. and became Queen Marguerite de Navarre
Renaissance Writer
The French historian Frank Ferrand talking about Marguerite de Navarre (unfortunately only in French) ...
Books by Marguerite de Navarre
Marguerite de Navarre Grandmother of the Bourbon Kings of France & Cremerie de Paris Marguerite had a litterature salon called "New Parnassus" This connected her with the Villeroy family, advisors of the Kings of France and brought her to the Hotel de Villeroy / Cremerie de Paris for intelectual meetings. She was the grandmother of King Henri IV, the first Bourbon King of France.
"B" for "Bourbon" in a unique Two Letter domain name
The letter "B" of our website VB.com stands for the Bourbons while "V" means Villeroy, Marguerites friends and first owners of Cremerie de Paris. There are only 676 Two letter .coms, the world's shortest and most glamourous internet adresses. VB.com is one of them.
Marguerite de Navarre becomes the name of a square
1973construction of Chatelet les Halles metro station, heart of the Paris transport system and largest subway station in Europe. 1985 March 15 Internet come alive Registration of the very first Domain Name 1985 April 2 Jacques Chirac, mayor of Paris decides to name the newly created space temporarily called "place D1" Place Marguerite de Navarre. The square faces Cremerie de Paris N°1 , a former Milk Store closed since the 1971 departure of the Les Halles foodmarket 1986 January Johannes von Thurn und Taxis comes to Paris during fashion week. He meets a young student that works in the fashion shows. 1986 March 3 Registration in the United States of HP.com the first Two Letter internet domain.
1986May Johannes von Thurn & Taxis, returns to Paris. Through his grandmother Margarethe of Austria he is a 12 x great grandson of Marguerite de Navarre. Through his grandfather Albert he comes from the Thurn and Taxis Postal family. Thurn & Taxis shows place Marguerite de Navarre and the opposit Hotel de Villeroy Bourbon (VB) to the student he had met 3 months before. From 1671 to 1738 VB was the seat of the Royal French Postal Services. Postmaster Anslem Franz von Thurn & Taxis used to go to VB, for postal issues coming by horse from Brussels or Francfort, headquaters of the Thurn & Taxis Post. The visit results in the keys of a little Boutique, Cremerie de Paris N°2, the smallest of today's Cremeries de Paris with the mission to find an idea to reactivate fallen asleep Telecom Energy from the past. Thurn & Taxis was searching for ideas in the field of Telecomunications and Internet. He had the vision of the Telecom industry blocked by State monopoles was coming alive. The small phone shop opens as a repair place for avant-garde Sony phones. Soon it becomes possible to open another next door Sony Boutique. 1990 Dec Sadly Thurn & Taxis dies from heart failure and his own projects come to an end. 1993 June Sony phones and a little jewel left by Coco Chanel to Aimee de Heeren, a friend of Thurn & Taxis make it possible to get a loan to buy the legendaty Cremerie de Paris N°1
1995to 1998 Cremerie de Paris turns into the first Internet Cafe in France Business is difficult as the Boutique is too avant garde for it's time. The construction of the new subway line M14 creates a lot of problems. The only visitors are American Tourist desperately looking for an Internet connection. One of them is the assistant of Jon Postel, inventor of the dot com domains.
1998October 15 Opening of Metro M14.
2000jan 25 the invention of the Phone Book of the World.com 2005 February The Internet cafe closes as web connections had become available in every phone. 2011 January Cremerie de Paris reopens as a Brand Expo location.
Building the Metro exit "Marguerite de Navarre"
2012 - 2018
pictures from 2016 show the editor of this article presenting the future staircase and David Aaron Benali standing in front of the future exit with Nathalia Brodskaya, historian from the Hermitage Museum.
The construction took quite a long time, 6 years, to complete. Construction timeline of Porte Marguerite de Navarre, the most important Subway exit in Europe ChateletlesHalles.com/sortie1/histoire Marguerite de Navarre entrance gate to the center of Paris
Marguerite de Navarre is the easiest acces to the center of Paris with direct RER connections from both airports Roissy CDG (always take the direct RER B trains they are faster) and Orly Metros from all trainstations. M1 and M14 all fully automized. After leaving the subway follow the signs sortie 1, Marguerite de Navarre. After taking the futuristic escalators check out the Pop Up Stores at Cremerie de Paris, a Meeting Place for the World's most famous Brands. Many iconic events have taken place at the Cremeries de Paris like two Pokemon Pop Ups, many fashion events and the launch of numerous Video Games. 150 m down the road you have Samaritaine Europe's ultimate Department store owned by LVMH with Boutiques from Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton
500 m down the road you have the World's largest Museum the Louvre, home of the Mona Lisa and the Centre Pompidou
Images around place Marguerite de Navarre
2012Video showing place Marguerite de Navarre before the start of the subway exit construction during the iconic Nike Barbershop Pop Up Store organised by Antoine Leca from the agency Auditoire.
2016Video showing the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit from above during it's contruction and a Final Fantasy Pop Up Store organised by Francois Linh Hoang from the agency Brainwash Francois Linh Hoang is one of the World's must reputated designer of Video game related events. He has organised 7 Pop Up Expos around place Marguerite de Navarre.
2018Video showing the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit during an Amazon Pop Up Store
2019Video showing the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit from above during a Game of Thrones Pop Up Store by Warner Bros (WB.com) also organised by Francois Linh Hoang from Brainwash
Cremerie de Paris decorated as a Popu Up Store Museum in between Pop Up Stores
The magic of Marguerite de Navarre contributed to make Cremerie de Paris become a Meeting Place of the Worlds most famous Brands
Coca Cola Pop Up Store at Cremerie de Paris N°1 oranised by Zyad Rouissi from the agency Friiday. Zyad created two very artistic Pop Ups around place Marguerite de Navarre.
Chivas Regal XV Masterpiece bottle designed by Dolly Cohen next Pop Up Store at Cremerie de Paris N°1 from 7 to 16 Dec 2023 Expo organised by Cloe Escaffre from Pernod Ricard with the help of Lucille Pateau and Andriana Jankovska
Discover the Cremerie de Paris Museum
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Marguerite de Navarre's Issue / Genealogy
Children · Grandchildren · 16 generations · connected with centuries of history · multiple links with VB / Cremerie de Paris
Princess of France, sister of King Francois I
Queen of Navarre,
writer
married to Henry II of Navarre (1503 - 1555)
came to the Hotel de Villeroy Bourbon (VB) / Cremerie de Paris
for receptions and litterary meetings
two children
- Jeanne d'Albrecht (1528 - 1572)
- Jean de Navarre (1530 - 1530)
grandmother of the Bourbons The "B" of VB.com
Not everybody knows that Margurite de Navarre
has already been to her square .. over 500 years ago
At the times it was the jonction of
rue St Honore and rue de la Ferronnerie.
Rue des Halles, (imagined 1860 by Empress Eugénie)
did not yet exist.
Marguerite was a friend of Nicolas II de Villeroy
previous owner of the house
and grandfather of Nicolas IV de Villeroy.
Not everybody knows many historic people
have been / are in connection with Cremerie de Paris.
Francois 1er (1494 - 1547)
born François d'Angouleme
first Valois King of France (1515 - 1547)
Duke of Milan (1515 - 1525)
Francois Ist was
father of King Henri II (1515 - 1559)
father-in-law of Catherine de Medici (1519 - 1589)
wood engraving by Hans Holbein
The engraving shows King Francois 1 with his advisor Nicolas II de Villeroy ( 14xx - 1553)
Nicolas II de Villeroy became secretary of the King in 1515
Nicolas II inherited the Hotel de Villeroy Bourbon (VB) from his father Nicolas I de Villeroy
He was the grandfather of Nicolas IV de Villeroy
Protector of the Arts
Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) was a friend of bothMarguerite de Navarre and her younger brother François 1er
1516 Francois 1er invited Leonardo da Vinci to come to France.
Francois 1er bought
the Mona Lisa (created in 1503) from the artist.
There is no certitude that Leonardo
has been to the Hotel de Villeroy Bourbon (VB),
but it is most likely he knew about the house
which was already very glamorous at his time.
His painting, the Mona Lisa
is located at the Louvre since 1797,
a few minutes walking distance from Cremerie de Paris (VB.com)
Many admires of what might be the World's most famous painting
use the subway exit Marguerite de Navarre to get to the Louvre.
On their way the see the Cremerie de Paris windows
constantly changing iconic Pop Up Stores. .
married to Antoine de Bourbon, King of Navarre.
5 children
- Henri de Bourbon
- Henri IV
- Louis Charles de Bourbon
- Madeleine de Bourbon
- Catherine de Bourbon (1559 - 1604)
2nd generation
The painting is in the Gallery des portraits
du Chateau de Beauregard.
first Bourbon King of France
married to
Marguerite de Valois (1572 - 1599)
Marie de Medici (1575 - 1642)
3rd generation
12 children
avec Marie de Medicis
- Louis XIII (1601 - 1643)
- Elisabeth de France (1602 - 1644)
- Christine de France (1606 - 1663)
- Monsier d Orleans (1607 - 1611)
- Gaston de France (1608 - 1660)
- Henriette Marie de France (1609 - 1669)
- Cesar de Bourbon (1594 - 1665)
- Catherine Henriette de Bourbon (1596 - 1663)
- Alexandre de Bourbon (1598 - 1629)
- Henri de Bourbon (1601 - 1682)
- Antoine de Bourbon (1607 - 1632)
- Jeanne Baptiste de Bourbon (1608 - 1670)
Henri IV had a pied-a-terre at the Cremerie de Paris
Nicolas IV de Villeroy (1543 - 1617)
was a minister and advisor for Henri IV.
Nicolas IV de Villeroy was the heir
of the Hotel de Villeroy Bourbon (VB)
second Bourbon King of France
married to Anne of Autriche (1601 - 1666)
4th generation
2 children
third Bourbon King of France
oldest child of Louis XIII
5th generation
played at the Cremerie de Paris as a child
Nicolas V de Villeroy was his tutor
lived at the Chateau de Versailles
married to Maria Theresia of Spain (1638-1683)
married to
Francois d'Aubiné / Madame de Maintenon (1635 - 1719)
- Philippe I of Orleans / Monsieur (1640 - 1701)
duke of Orléans
second child of Louis XIII
only brother of Louis XIV
played at the Cremerie de Paris as a child
lived at the Chateau de St Cloud
married to Henrietta of England
married to Elisabeth Charlotte of Bavaria (la Palatine).
Nicolas V de Villeroy on a coin by Jean VavinNicolas V de Villeroy inherited the Hotel de Villeroy Bourbon (VB)
from his grandfather Nicolas IV de Villeroy in 1617
In the late 1630ies he tore down the mansion
to replace it by the present Hotel de Villeroy Bourbon accomplished in 1640.
Junichi Masuda, composer of the Pokemon Music with a coin of Nicolas V de Villeroy
Masuda was fascinated by the history of VB, mainly due to it's links with the composer Igor Stravinsky
Regent of France from 1715-1723
during the minority of his great-nephew
Louix XV
nephew of Louis XIV
ancestor of Memo von Sachsen
musician
6th generation
married to Johanna of Baden-Baden (1704–1726)
7th generation
Duke of Orléans
married to Louise Henriette de Bourbon.
8th generation
did not like Marie Antoinette married to his cousin Louis XVI
During French Revolution
he adhered to the ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
was also killed in the French Revolution
married to Louise Marie de Bourbon
9th generation
King of the French from 1830 - 1848
10th generation
transformed the chateau de Versailles into a Museum
redesigned place de la Concorde
setting the 3000 year old Luxor Obelisk in the center
created a liberal constitutional monarchy
known as Monarchie de Juillet
replaced by 2nd Republic
with President Louis Napoloen,
1848 replaced by 2nd Republic
with Louis Napoléon (nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte)
first President, then Emperor of France
during the Second Empire
Empress Eugenie played an important
role in the construction of the
Halles Centrales / Pavillons Baltard foodmarlet
married to Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily.
10 children:
- Ferdinand Philippe Orléans (1810 -1842)
father of Robert d'Orleans, Duc de Chartres (1840 - 1910)
grandfather of Jean d'Orleans, Duc de Guise (1874 - 1940)
great-grandfather of Henri Count of Paris (1908 - 1999)
2x great-grandfather of Henri Count of Paris (1933 - 2019)
Micaela, Countess of Paris (1938 - 2022)
was the 3 x grand-daughter in law of King Louis Philippe
the second wife of Henri d'Orleans, Comte de Paris
and the mother of Alexis Boeuf.
In the picture with her young friend David Aaron Benali (Cremerie de Paris)
- Louise, Queen of the Belgians (1812 - 1850)
- Marie Wurtemberg (1813 - 1839)
- Louis d'Orleans, Duke of Nemours (1814 - 1896)
- Francoise d'Orléans (1816 - 18198)
- Clementine Sachsen-Coburg Gotha (1817 - 1907)
see following family tree
- François d'Orlénas , Prince de Joinville (1818 - 1900)
- Charles d'Orléans, Duke of Penthieve (1820 - 1828)
- Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale (1822 - 1897)
- Antoine d'Orléans, Duke of Montpensier (1824 - 1890)
10th generation
married August of Saxe Coburg and Gotha
11th generation
5 children
- Clotilde of Saxe Coburg
- Ferdinand Tsar of Bulgaria
Clementine overlooks place de la Concorde
next to the Tuileries Garden in Paris.
She is the model for the city of Lille,
one of 8 French city statues of the famous square.
Place de la Concorde is 2 km walking distance
from the Cremeries de Paris,
so many times we have been driving by the statue
without realising that both Clementine's
ancesters and descendents
were connected to our history.
Clothilde of Saxe Coburg and Gotha (1846 - 1927)
married Joseph Karl of Austria
They had 7 children, among them:
"Margarethe" of Austria / Thurn und Taxis
who might have been named after "Marguerite" de Navarre
12th generation
married Albert I von Thurn & Taxis (1870 - 1952)
(nephew of Sissi of Austria)
artist
13th generation
knew Cremerie de Paris in relation it's Postal history
They had 6 sons and one beautiful daughter
Elisabeth Helène von Thurn und Taxis / Markgravine von Sachsen.
for their wedding Albert bought the famous Tiara, crown jewel of France
The perl tiara was ordered by Napoléon III for his wedding with Eugenie de Montijo
The 212 pearls and 1998 diamonds come from old old jewels of the Bourbons.
The tiara can be seen in multiple historic paintings
including those of Franz Xavier Winterhalter.
Next to the crown of the Queen of England
or the tiara of the Tsarina of Russia
it is today the World's most valuable jewel.
Sadly for the Postal family
Gloria von Thurn und Taxis
sold the tiara for the equivalent of 567.023 euro
which might not even be 5% of todays value.
Today the tiara is based at the Louvre,
Gallerie Appolon
800 m walking distance from Cremerie de Paris / Place Marguerite de Navarre
Karl August von Thurn & Taxis (1898 - 1982)
married Maria Anna of Braganza (1899 - 1971)
grandaughter of King Miguel of Portugal
3 children
Elisabeth Helene von Thurn und Taxis (1903 - 1976)
married Margrave Friedrich Christian von Meissen (1893 - 1968),
son of the last King of Saxony,
Frederick Augustus III
6 children
14th generation
- Clotilde von Liechtenstein (1922 - 2009)
married to Johann von Liechtenstein (1914 - 2004)
5 children
- Mafalda von Thurn und Taxis (1924 - 1989)
married to Franz von Thurn und Taxis (1915 - 1997)
one child
Johannes von Thurn & Taxis (1926 - 1990)
in the picture with Soraya Esfandiary,
former Queen of Iran
Johannes Thurn & Taxis
is a key person in the history of Cremerie de Paris
1986 pushed young Ben Solms
to bring fallen asleep history back to life
In the center of the picture Aimee de Heeren,
former secret service agent, WW2 resistant
fiancée of Joe Kennedy Jr
other key person in the history of Cremerie de Paris
See also the Telecom history of the family
in direct relation with Phone Book of the World
edited from place Marguerite de Navarre
Thurn-Taxis.com
children of Elisabeth Helene von Thurn und Taxis
- Maria Emmanuel von Sachsen (1926 - 2012)
oldest child, very original
no children
- Maria Anna von Sachsen (1929 - 2012)
married Roberto of Gessaphe
3 sons
- Mathilde (Aja) von Sachsen Coburg (1936 - 2018)
doctor for children in Innsbruck
friend of Cremerie de Paris
was watching every Cremerie Pop Up Store from Austria
Mathilde had one only child Johannes Albert (1969-1987)
who played with the editor of this article when they were small.
Johannes Albert von Sachsen died in an accident at age 17.
15th generation
Alexander von Sachsen
Memo von Sachsen Gessaphe
interior architect, art consultant
Karl August von Sachsen Gessaphe
16th generation
Memo von Sachsen Gessaphe,
with David Aaron Benali (Cremerie de Paris)
and Eugenie's tiara now at the Louvre
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