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...

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...

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...

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...

son of Alexander Nevsky, received the city and surrounding area as an appanage. By the end of the 13th century, Moscow was one of the leading principalities...

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...

of their holdings to their sons, who received the title of despot, as appanages to defend and govern. Manuel's oldest son, John, was raised to co-emperor...

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,...

easily control. Thus weakened by war between Galician boyars and some appanage princes, Galicia–Volhynia also became an arena of rivalry between Poland...

The close male relatives of Genghis Khan were given control of large appanage domains located in Mongolia and neighbouring lands such as Manchuria. Marco...

presence in northern England. The Earldom of Richmond later became an appanage of the Dukes of Brittany. Many people throughout France claim Breton ethnicity...

the Young King Richard IV** John** Henry III** House of Valois (French appanage) John (1332–1350) Charles (1355–1364) Charles (1465–1469) * As count of...

the Battles of Rzhev in World War II. Staritsa was the seat of the last appanage principality in Russia. Ostashkov is a major tourist center. Tver Oblast...

mentioned in 1067, Minsk became the capital of the Principality of Minsk, an appanage of the Principality of Polotsk, before being annexed by the Grand Duchy...

were seized by Philip IV of France. In 1314, the king made La Marche an appanage for his youngest son the Prince, afterwards Charles IV. Several years later...

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...

France and younger brother of John the Good, in 1344. This appanage merged the appanages of Touraine and Valois. However, the first ducal line ended...

Duci (Bayeux Tapestry) Fief Ecclesiastical fief Crown land Allodial title Appanage Vassal Feoffment Seignory Subinfeudation Feoffee Fealty Homage Affinity...

family name of Princes Abamelik) Princes Avalov (Avalishvili) (Georgian appanage princes) Princes Agiashvili (Agiyashvili) (Georgian nobility) Princes Akchurin...

Genghis; his appanage, along the Irtysh river and extending into Siberia, evolved into the Golden Horde. Chagatai, a son born c. 1184; his appanage was the...

the Young King Richard IV** John** Henry III** House of Valois (French appanage) John (1332–1350) Charles (1355–1364) Charles (1465–1469) * As count of...

Duci (Bayeux Tapestry) Fief Ecclesiastical fief Crown land Allodial title Appanage Vassal Feoffment Seignory Subinfeudation Feoffee Fealty Homage Affinity...

grandfather, who had stated that if Vasily I died Yuri would succeed his appanage. However, Dmitri had written the testament when Vasily I had no children...

and Möngke restricted the autonomy of the appanages before. Ghazan also prohibited any misfeasance of appanage holders in Ilkhanate and Yuan councillor...

Duci (Bayeux Tapestry) Fief Ecclesiastical fief Crown land Allodial title Appanage Vassal Feoffment Seignory Subinfeudation Feoffee Fealty Homage Affinity...

Švitrigaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania. At his father's death, Yury received in appanage the towns of Zvenigorod, Ruza, and Galich. Upon his brother's death, Yury...

by giving it many economical advantages, immunity from taxes and large appanages. At the same time, the kings, most notably David the Builder (1089–1125)...

Duci (Bayeux Tapestry) Fief Ecclesiastical fief Crown land Allodial title Appanage Vassal Feoffment Seignory Subinfeudation Feoffee Fealty Homage Affinity...

Yaroslav Vsevolodovich II of Vladimir (died 1246) gave his brother Ivan the appanage of Starodub.[citation needed] The great-great-grandson of this Prince Ivan...

the free dictionary. Udel may refer to: a Russian feudal term for an appanage given to a younger son of the tsar or other male member of the imperial...