Talk:Noble Ranks/@comment-130.105.235.247-20200604194843/@comment-45880342-20200604210555

This comment very well illustrates the many reasons why this article was so hard for me to write. The countries "sort of" follow most of German, British, and Holy Roman Empire rules, except when they don't. And it's frustrating. The mess about "ranks" versus "titles" alone is maddening. Then add in how the novel/manga/anime decide to use different terms, and it's even messier.

And I agree it's obvious that Benno was the name of the ancestor. The "von Benno Baumeister" branch is clearly distinct from the "von Baumeister" (capital) branch, but now it's worse because that means Wendelin should be part of his own new branch, perhaps "Earl Wendelin von Wendelin Baumeister" or something...

Also, I'm not sure about Oskar/Karl or Kaien. Maybe I missed something, since I'm not 100% current on the story, but I haven't seen anything about them blending the family names. Karl/Oskar reverted their names when their mother did, so presumedly that would be another Mainbach group rather than a Baumeister-Mainbach one. Yet there's already a Knight Mainbach group, so maybe that will be the way it's differentiated, rather than doing the "Benno"-type approach. As for Kaien, he's to be invested with the full Waigel peerage, so ostensibly he would take the Waigel name instead of a hyphenated one.