However, Prince Kuninomiya Kuniyoshi's third Prince Kunihide (Jigo HIGASHIFUSHIMI), who was raised by Imperial Prince Yorihito, was given the family name of HIGASHIFUSHIMI by demotion from nobility to subject in order to inherit the religious service of the Higashifushiminomiya, after reaching legal age, and the family became count.
しかし、依仁親王が養育していた久邇宮邦彦王第3王子邦英王（東伏見慈洽）が成人後、東伏見宮の祭祀を受継ぐために臣籍降下することで東伏見の家名を賜り、伯爵家となった。