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Marguerite de Navarre (1492 - 1549)
Marguerite de Navarre (1492 - 1549)
Marguerite of Angoulème
Princesse de France
Queen of Navarre
Grandmother of the Bourbon Kings
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) ...
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.
Building the Metro exit "Marguerite de Navarre"
Marguerite de Navarre becomes the name of a square
1973 construction 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.
1986 May 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
1995 to 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.
1998 October 15 Opening of Metro M14.
2000 jan 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
ChateletlesHalles.com/sortie1
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
2012 Video 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.
2016 Video 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.
2018 Video showing the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit
during an Amazon Pop Up Store
2019 Video 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 Pop 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
follow the expos on Instagram
Instagram @CremeriedeParisOfficial
1973 construction 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.
1986 May 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
1995 to 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.
1998 October 15 Opening of Metro M14.
2000 jan 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
ChateletlesHalles.com/sortie1
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
2012 Video 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.
2016 Video 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.
2018 Video showing the Marguerite de Navarre subway exit
during an Amazon Pop Up Store
2019 Video 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 Pop 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
follow the expos on Instagram
Instagram @CremeriedeParisOfficial
Marguerite de Navarre's Issue / Genealogy
Children
Grandchildren
16 generations
connected with centuries of history
multiple links with VB / Cremerie de Paris
Type your research (Generation or Names)
| Portrait | Generation |
|---|---|
 Marguerite de Navarre by Jean Clouet around 1527 |
Marguerite de Navarre (1492 - 1549) 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 by Jean Clouet around 1530 |
brother |
 Jeanne d'Albret | daughterJeanne d'Albret / Jehanne III Reine de Navarre (1528 - 1572)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. |
 Henri IV, 1st Bourbon King |
grandsonHenri IV (1553 - 1610) |
 Louis XIII, 2nd Bourbon King |
great-grandsonLouis XIII (1601 - 1643)second Bourbon King of France married to Anne of Autriche (1601 - 1666) 4th generation 2 children |
 Louis XIV, 3rd Bourbon King (red circle) Tutor Nicolas V de Villeroy (lived at the VB mansion)  Philippe I of Orleans red circle), |
2 x great-grandsons- Louis XIV / Sun King (1638 - 1715)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 |
 Philippe II d'Orleans on the right young Louis XV, 4the Bourbon King tutor François de Villeroy (son of Nicolas V de Villeroy) |
3 x great-grandsonPhilippe II of Orléans (1674 - 1723)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 |
 Louis Duc d'Orleans |
4 x great-grandsonLouis Duke of Orleans (1703 - 1752)married to Johanna of Baden-Baden (1704–1726) 7th generation |
 Louis Philippe I Duc d'Orleans |
5 x great-grandsonLouis Philippe I (1725 - 1785)Duke of Orléans married to Louise Henriette de Bourbon. 8th generation |
 Louis Philippe II |
6 x great-grandsonLouis Philippe II (1747 - 1793)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 Louis Philippe |
7 x great-grandchildrenLouis Philippe I (1773 - 1850) |
 Clementine d'Orleans |
8 x great-granddaughterClementine of Orleans (1817-1907)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. |
 Clotilde de Saxe Coburg |
9 x great-granddaughterClothilde 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 |
 Margarethe of Austria / Thurn & Taxis was named after Marguerite de Navarre  Albert 8th Prince and Margarete von Thurn & Taxis with their 7 children in 1910 |
10 x great-grandaughterMargarethe of Austria (1870 - 1955)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 |
 Elisabeth Helene von Sachsen and her brother Karl August, later 10th Prince of Thurn & Taxis |
11 x great-grandchildrenKarl 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 |
Johannes, 11th Prince von Thurn & Taxis Maria Anna von Sachsen Gessaphe Mathilde (Aja) von Sachsen |
12 x great-grandchildrenchildren of Karl August von Thurn und Taxis- 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 |
 Memo von Sachsen Gessaphe with Ben Solms (Cremerie de Paris) in front of the staircase named after his 13 x great-grandmother Marguerite de Navarre Memo von Sachsen helps Cremerie de Paris in history research. |
13 x great-grandsonchildren of Maria Anna von SachsenAlexander 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 |
Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) was a friend of both
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