> I suspect that should be 'Ius Primae Noctis' - 'Droit de seigneur' is > the more usual term for this in English, although I gather that your > actual French prefer 'droit de cuissage'.
///Which, as we all know, never existed in reality, and was made up by
Beaumarchais in "Les Noces de Figaro". It would have been crazy to do this for
any ruler anyway - it's a very good way to stir unrest and revolts.