How did henry viii really die? was it a leg injury or an std?

Question

How did henry viii really die? was it a leg injury or an std?

Answer 1

syphilis

Answer 2

Actually, and I have no historical reason for thinking this, just logic, I think he had diabetes from all that weight gain, and contracted an infection.  Medical practices, being what they were, he succumbed.

Answer 3

he definitely died of syphillus. sorry i cant spell it either. although he had a leg injury that didnt heal so that might have helped kill him.

Answer 4

It was a syfalis from doing it doggy style.

Answer 5

Syphalis or how ever you spell it.

Answer 6

It was Syphillis, which caused the infection when he hurt his leg.

Answer 7

complication's from the STD did not allow the leg to heal.

It was a combination of the two.

Answer 8

he died of sifalus ( sorry can't spell it )

Answer 9

The cause of Henry's death has been debated for centuries.  The prevailing view nowadays is that he died from  lung and circulatory ailments that probably plagued him for years.  

http://www.royalpaperdolls.com/HenryMain...

Answer 10

He was syphilictic and at the very least passed it on to his eldest daughter, Mary I (she was a congenital syphilitic and that's why she couldn't have children). This would probably have killed him.

Answer 11

Both.

He was a kinky bugger.

Answer 12

I think he copped a dose of VD.

Answer 13

std  -  gonorrhoea

Answer 14

Definitely not syphilis.  Medical records would have included purchases of mercury, then used in its treatment, and they don't.  (Nobody minded saying his contemporary Francis I of France had Syphilis.)  All his mistresses (he didn't have very many in fact) were healthy. The libel is repeated in Robert Bolt's play a Man for All Seasons.

Answer 15

Death and succession - wikipedia



King Henry VIII died in the Palace of Whitehall in 154

Later in life, Henry was grossly overweight, with a waist measurement of 54 inches (137 cm), and possibly suffered from gout.

Henry's increased size dates from a jousting accident in 1536. He suffered a thigh wound which prevented him from exercising and gradually became ulcerated and may have indirectly led to his death, which occurred on 28 January 1547 at the Palace of Whitehall.

He died on what would have been his father's 90th birthday. He is said to have uttered the last words "Monks, Monks, Monks!" before expiring.[5]

The well known theory that Henry suffered from syphilis was first promoted approximately 100 years after his death[citation needed].

A second recent theory suggests that Henry's medical symptoms, and those of his older sister Margaret Tudor, are characteristic of untreated Type II diabetes. [3]

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Answer 16

Henry never had syphilis. This rumour comes from a portrait which is a copy of a copy of a copy where the bridge of his nose seems to have disappeared. (A symptom of syphilis) Original and authentic portraits do not show this.

He was never treated with mercury which was the only thing Tudors used to treat syphilis. We know this because we have Henry's medical notes.

The King of France at the time of Henry's rein did die of syphilis and was treated with mercury. His body exploded in its coffin! (Nice eh? Imagine the smell!)

Henry tended to marry his mistresses and so we know that he did not have many however he did share one mistress with the king of France and that was Annes sister Mary Boleyn. As he was never treated with mercury I can safely say that she did not pass it on!

He died of old age and  was hugely obese. He also had constipation!

He did have two jousting injuries which never healed making him a dangerous grumpy old man to the last!

Answer 17

Despite having had one of the best kept medical records of the time, the cause of Henry VIII's death is still a matter of debate. The prevailing view nowadays is that he died from  lung and circulatory ailments that probably plagued him for years. Extreme obesity was most likely a contributing factor. Later in life, Henry was grossly overweight, with a waist measurement of 54 inches (137 cm).

For King Henry VIII's medical history visit

http://tudors.crispen.org/Henry8_medical...