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    An appanage, or apanage (/ˈæpənɪdʒ/; French: apanage [apanaʒ] ), is the grant of an estate, title, office or other thing of value to a younger child of...
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  • The Duchy of Berry, centred on Bourges, was originally created as an appanage for junior members of the French royal family and was frequently granted...
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    ruled from the 10th to the early 13th centuries. Alençon was granted as an appanage to Peter, son of Louis IX of France, and then to Charles, count of Valois...
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  • began to coincide with the entire kingdom. However, the medieval system of appanage (a concession of a fief with its land rights by the sovereign to his younger...
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  • The close male relatives of Genghis Khan were given control of large appanage domains located in Mongolia and neighbouring lands such as Manchuria. Marco...
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    private fiefs in Guernsey that are registered directly with the Crown. Appanage, part of the liege's domain granted to a junior relative Book of Fees,...
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    In the Kingdom of France, the duchy was occasionally set apart as an appanage to be ruled by a member of the royal family. After 1469, however, it was...
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    and Möngke restricted the autonomy of the appanages before. Ghazan also prohibited any misfeasance of appanage holders in Ilkhanate and Yuan councillor...
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    und Halbach Foundation. However, Arndt agreed with receiving a yearly appanage of 2 million DM. Because he waived his inheritance, he was also not allowed...
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    Duci (Bayeux Tapestry) Fief Ecclesiastical fief Crown land Allodial title Appanage Vassal Feoffment Seignory Subinfeudation Feoffee Fealty Homage Affinity...
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