Is the VMS a pamphlet of the bastards ? (theory)

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If the mother was of superior social status, the child would be far more easily accepted into noble families than if the mother was of lower status.

In the case of extramarital relationships between noble fathers and socially also high-ranking mothers,  acknowledgment of the child does not always seem to have been a problem. There was even a so-called "bastard coat of arms" awarded to otherwise illegitimate offspring.  In the perception of the rest of the nobility, a descendant acknowledged in this way was usually not a reason for social disrespect, but on the contrary offered the possibility of the so-called "connubium". This is the term for the connection between social groups originally separated from each other through marriage, for example between nobles and socially ascended commoners (thus also acknowledged bastards).

Bastard coat of arms: coat of arms of Jeans de Dunois
( Note the bar in the middle, so-called "bend sinister")
   

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