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Foucon de Candie
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Illustration from a manuscript of 1295

Foucon de Candie (also spelled Fouque, Foulque or Folque)[1] is an Old French epic poem of the late 12th or early 13th century.[2] It is a chanson de geste belonging to the cycle of Guillaume d'Orange.[3] It tells the fictional story of how Charlemagne's nephew Foucon acquired by marriage the Saracen city of Candie.[4] Its author was a certain Herbert le Duc de Dammartin.[5] His nickname, duc (duke), "probably designates [him as] a prince among poets", similarly to the nickname of Adenet le Roi.[6]

Nineteen manuscript copies of Foucon have been identified.[1] A Franco-Italian translation also exists.[4]

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