His father Édouard Olier, secretary to the King and councillor of the Parlement, had obtained a marquisate for his lands at Nointel near Clermont in the Beauvaisis.
Gare de Nointel-Mours is a railway station located in Nointel (Val-d'Oise department), France.
Charles Marie François Olier, marquis de Nointel (1635—1685), French ambassador to the Ottoman court
Jean Paul was the second son and third of five children of Artus-Timoléon, count then duke of Brissac, and of Marie Louise Béchameil de Nointel (daughter of the financier Louis de Bechamel).