JR76
Heir Apparent
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Oh, now I get it! So if children of say, Count Breda is to have noble status they must carry the surname Breda but if their parents decide for them to carry their mother's surname Haag they won't be noble?In the Netherlands it is. That's why someone who is the child of a count will not be a count(ess) him/herself if the parents would decide that the child would use their mother's surname.
Interesting, here in Sweden there are several instances where male-line descendants of the nobility living both in the country and abroad (often USA or Germany) carry a different surname but is still thought of as members of the nobility.