Foucon de Candie

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

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

Notes

1 2 Herbert le Duc de Dammartin at ARLIMA, retrieved 12 June 2025.
↑ Gambino 2018, p. 820: "databile all'ultimo ventennio del XII secolo [the last two decades of the twelfth century]". Ailes, Atkin & Bennett 2022, p. 166: "probably from the very end of the twelfth century or possibly from the very first years of the thirteenth".
↑ Ailes, Atkin & Bennett 2022, p. 159.
1 2 Gambino 2018, p. 820.
↑ Hoggan 1957, p. 74.
↑ Duggan 2012, p. 139.

Bibliography

Ailes, Marianne; Atkin, Tamara; Bennett, Philip E. (2022). "A Fragment of a Lost Chanson de geste". Florilegium. 35: 158–179.
Duggan, Joseph J. (2012). "Turoldus, Scribe or Author? Evidence from the Corpus of Chansons de Geste". In Monica L. Wright; Norris J. Lacy; Rupert T. Pickens (eds.). "Moult a sans et vallour": Studies in Medieval French Literature in Honor of William W. Kibler. Brill. pp. 135–143.
Gambino, Francesca (2018). "La nave di Folco: Due lasse inedite del Foucon de Candie franco-italiano". Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie. 134 (3): 820–844.
Hoggan, D. G. (1957). "The Version of Aliscans Known to the Author of Foucon de Candie". Medium Aevum. 26 (2): 74–89.
Tarbé, Prosper, ed. (1860). Le roman de Foulque de Candie par Herbert Leduc, de Dammartin. Reims.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[ARLIMA-1] 1 2 Herbert le Duc de Dammartin at ARLIMA, retrieved 12 June 2025.

[2] Gambino 2018, p. 820: "databile all'ultimo ventennio del XII secolo [the last two decades of the twelfth century]". Ailes, Atkin & Bennett 2022, p. 166: "probably from the very end of the twelfth century or possibly from the very first years of the thirteenth".

[FOOTNOTEAilesAtkinBennett2022159-3] Ailes, Atkin & Bennett 2022, p. 159.

[FOOTNOTEGambino2018820-4] 1 2 Gambino 2018, p. 820.

[FOOTNOTEHoggan195774-5] Hoggan 1957, p. 74.

[FOOTNOTEDuggan2012139-6] Duggan 2012, p. 139.