what is appanage
An appanage or apanage (pronounced /ËÃ¦pÉnÉªdÊ/) or French: apanage (French pronunciation: â[a.pa.naÊ]) is the grant of an estate, title, office, or other thing of value to a younger male child of a sovereign, who would otherwise have no inheritance under the system of primogeniture. It was common in much of Europe.