Baron Empain is a

title of nobility Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characterist ...

of the Kingdom of Belgium. The title was created in 1907 by

Leopold II of Belgium * german: link=no, Leopold Ludwig Philipp Maria Viktor , house = Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , father = Leopold I of Belgium , mother = Louise of Orléans , birth_date = , birth_place = Brussels, Belgium , death_date = ...

for

Édouard Empain Édouard Louis Joseph, 1st Baron Empain (20 September 1852 – 22 July 1929), was a wealthy Walloon Belgian engineer, entrepreneur, financier and industrialist, as well as an amateur Egyptologist. During World War I he became a known Major Genera ...

, 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 Primogeniture ( ) is the right, by law or custom, of the firstborn legitimate child to inherit the parent's entire or main estate in preference to shared inheritance among all or some children, any illegitimate child or any collateral relativ ...

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

Barons of Belgium 1907 establishments in Belgium Noble titles created in 1907 {{Europe-noble-stub Baron Empain Palace in Heliopolis, Cairo was renovated and opened to public June 30th 2020