Baron Empain
# 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 $primogeniture.^{:197}$

## 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)
