“ Girart de Roussillon was long held to be of Provençal origin, and to be a proof of the existence of an independent Provençal epic, but its Burgundian origin may be taken as proved.
See F. Michel, Gerard de Rossillon . . . publié en français et en provençal d’après les MSS. de Paris et de Londres (Paris, 1856) ; P. Meyer, Girart de Roussillon (1884) , a translation in modern French with a comprehensive introduction. ”

“ The historical Girard, son of Leuthard and Grimildis, was a Burgundian chief who was count of Paris in 837, and embraced the cause of Lothair against Charles the Bald. He fought at Fontenay in 841, and doubtless followed Lothair to Aix. ”