Plural of apanage; lands, revenues, or allowances granted to members of a royal family.
From Old French apanage, derived from Latin panis ('bread'), originally referring to maintenance or sustenance. The -s ending creates the plural form.
The apanages of French princes were so valuable that wars were actually fought over them—brothers literally went to battle for a better piece of territory and income from dad's kingdom!
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