In case of demotion from an Imperial family member to a subject, the first person who was demoted from his or her Miyake (house of an imperial prince) was granted the title of marquis, the second or later the title of count.
-臣籍降下の際には降下前に属していた宮家から最初の降下であれば侯爵、二人目以降であれば伯爵が授爵された。