Skip to content

Loading…

Home
Subjects
Past papers
Key terms
Pricing

My courses

Select your courses

Loading…

Subjects

History
Geography
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Mathematics
Classics

Resources

Browse courses
Past papers
Key terms & definitions
Pricing

About

Sign up
Log in
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service

© 2026 GradeGen

Not affiliated with any exam board.

Royal favourites — OCR GCSE History A Definition | GradeGen

Home
History
Key terms
Royal favourites

GCSE History · key term

Royal favourites

Definition

People particularly trusted and rewarded by a monarch, whose influence could cause resentment among other nobles.

Used by OCR

How each exam board covers it

OCR GCSE History A · J410

Paper 2

Revise: Deposition and the Wars of the Roses

OCR History A past papers

Related key terms

Baron
Deposition
Dynasty
Protector
Retainer

Revise History with GradeGen

Create a free account to read GCSE History revision notes for your exam board and track your progress.

Sign Up to Start Revising Log In

Wars of the Roses