After the Piennes' wedding, the Constable claimed his "right of the lord," also known as "right of the first night," which was believed to be a feudal lord's legal privilege in medieval Europe, to have sexual relationships with vassal women, especially on their wedding night. After losing a battle for his king, the man became drunk and angry. He brutally raped her with severe trauma. Lady Joan of Piennes nee Bouvier was a twenty-one-year-old beauty...
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