Actually it’s quite contested that Henry VIII died of the Great Pox
If you have definitive proof I’d like to see it
All the murder and mayhem was a product of the court primarily all the intrigue over the years starting with Wolsley and T Cromwell on to the Boelyns and Seymours and of course thru his entire reign The Duke of Norfolk who barely survived him literally by Henry dying while his order for Norfolks head who languished in the Tower was never carried out
Henry literally divorced four women thru awkward annulments including two executions to keep striving for a male heir because it was the times
He discounted Cleves from jump street and killed Howard for being guilty of being unfaithful.....
Seymour is only true love died
Parr outlived him and his physical capability to produce an heir with her being late 30s and he weakened was low
Aragon he stayed with a long damn time to try for a legal divorce
These folks took the religious authority damn serious
Could he have had syphillis....sure but it is not a forgone conclusion
It is a matter of contention
If there were definitive proof of *any* of the hypotheses, there would be no discussion of any of it. For that to be the case, his body would have to be examined, and that’s probably a century or more away (pending abolition of the ceremonial monarchy). Even his burial spot was lost for 150 years (which is surprising, at least).
There are those who don’t want to believe he died of syphyllis, and considering the consanguinity of royal lines, the health problems that afflicted the Tudor line could have originated earlier. Of his known children, only three outlived him, and none of them produced offspring. Only Elizabeth appears to have been healthy enough to have children.
http://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/2012/09/17/henry-viiis-final-resting-place/
http://www.speroforum.com/a/kkftbfrvlg30/67748-A-macabre-tale-of-the-death-and-burial-of-Henry-VIII
http://www.elizabethfiles.com/the-bisley-boy/3255/