Foucon de Candie (also spelled Fouque, Foulque or Folque) is an Old French epic poem of the late 12th or early 13th century.: "databile all'ultimo ventennio del XII secolo [the last two decades of the twelfth century]". : "probably from the very end of the twelfth century or possibly from the very first years of the thirteenth". 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, (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.Herbert le Duc de Dammartin at ARLIMA, retrieved 12 June 2025. A Franco-Italian translation also exists.
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