[3][4] L'Aubespine and Villeroy were survived by a single son, Charles, who would become the governor of Lyon and in 1619, made a marquis by Louis XIII.

In correspondence with Ronsard, l'Aubespine calls herself the Phaeton to his French Apollo—an audacious son to a noble father—and he replies back in continuation of the mythic metaphor with: If, flying, you fall, too willing to believe me, At least you will have earned this glory for your tomb

[14]This piece is exceptional, as there is little documentation of Ronsard praising women for their writing, however in this exchange through the Phaeton and Apollo metaphor, he refers to L'Aubespine as his successor.

Anna Kłosowska, writes that, "While many of l'Aubespine's Petrarchist and pious sonnets are typical for her time, in some love poems she goes blatantly against the stereotype of female modesty.

"[17]Veronica Franco, a famous Italian courtesan and fellow woman poet of the Renaissance, also demonstrated this disregard for strict adhesion to normative gender roles of the period through her love poetry.

In it, the lyric subject euphemistically describes playing a lute: As the sweetest diversion that I could ever choose, Frequently, after dinner, for fear of getting bored, I take his neck in hand, I touch him, and I stroke, Till he's in such a state as to give me delight.

I fall upon my bed and, without letting go, I grasp him in my arms, I press him to my breast, And moving hard and fast, all ravished with pleasure, Amidst a thousand delights I fulfill my desire.

[20]As Kłosowska describes, this sonnet participates in the tradition of courtly erotic joke making in which erotic meaning lies under the thin pretense of non-erotic solution; however, l'Aubespine's appropriation of the genre complicates the traditional gender standards of the time, because her sonnet is woman-centered and outlines mutual sexual gratification.

The discovery and subsequent analysis of l'Aubespine's literary work has opened new avenues for the discussion of early modern gender and sexual roles and renaissance women's poetry.