In some of the dictionaries I checked, ‘whensoever’ is defined ‘whenever’; but I disagree.
For instance, I think ‘The students may leave whenever they so choose’ can be written ‘[...] whensoever they choose’ because ‘so’ is already part of ‘whensoever’.
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Whensoever is hardly used any more, but Shakespeare played with it as you are playing now.
1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet , act V scene 2
Now or whensoever, provided I be so able as now.
You are not really disagreeing, because the 'so' in the middle of whatever is just an intensifier.