"An appanage or apanage (pronounced /\u02C8\u00E6p\u0259n\u026Ad\u0292/) or French: apanage (French pronunciation: \u200B[a.pa.na\u0292]) 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."@en .