Talk:William Clements, 3rd Earl of Leitrim
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Droit du Seigneur
[edit]Was this man, arguably the most notorious English landlord in nineteenth-century Ireland, still exercising a feudal right to sleep with the bride of any of his "vassals" [tenants] on the first night of the marriage? This is still a common story in Leitrim folklore. 86.42.119.173 (talk) 13:36, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
- There really was no such right. Drmies (talk) 20:14, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
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