Baron Empain

Baron Empain is a title of nobility of the Kingdom of Belgium. The title was created in 1907 by Leopold II of Belgium for Édouard Empain, a wealthy Belgian engineer, entrepreneur, financier and industrialist, as well as an amateur Egyptologist. The title is hereditary and descends to the senior male by agnatic primogeniture.^[1]: 197

Barons Empain (1907)

• Édouard Empain, 1st Baron Empain (1852-1929)
• Jean Empain, 2nd Baron Empain (1902-1946)
• Édouard-Jean Empain, 3rd Baron Empain (1937-2018)
• Jean Francois Empain, 4th Baron Empain (b.1964)

References

1. Beyond Belgium : The business empire of Edouard Empain in the First Global Economy (1880-1914)

Baron Empain Palace in Heliopolis, Cairo was renovated and opened to public June 30, 2020