Nicolas Potier de Novion

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Nicolas Potier de Novion (1618 – 1 September 1693) was a French Noble of the Robe of the Ancien Régime, a member of the House of Potier. In 1637, he became a royal counsellor [fr], in 1645, the président à mortier of the Parlement of Paris and in 1678, the First President of the Parlement of Paris [fr].

Potier de Novion was born into the Potier de Blancmesnil family, to André I Potier de Novion, president of parliament, and Catherine Cavelier.