Before revision: The earliest entries are often families seen as co-equal to the lower nobility ( barons and counts ), because they are the younger branches of the same family or have continuously married members of the Dutch nobility over a long period of time.
After revision: The earliest entries are often families seen as co-equal to the lower nobility ( Jonkheers, knights andbarons ), because they are the younger branches of the same family or have continuously married members of the Dutch nobility over a long period of time.