Skule Bårdsson

Skule Bårdsson
Seal from 1225, front and back
Bornc.1189
Died24 May 1240(1240-05-24) (aged 50–51)
Elgeseter Abbey in Nidaros
Noble familyGodwin
Spouse(s)Ragnhild Jonsdotter
IssueMargaret, Queen of Norway
FatherBård Guttormsson
MotherRagnfrid Erlingsdotter

Skule Bårdsson or Duke Skule (Norwegian: Hertug Skule; Old Norse: Skúli Bárðarson) (c.1189–24 May 1240) was a Norwegian nobleman and claimant to the royal throne against his son-in-law, King Haakon Haakonsson. Henrik Ibsen's play Kongs-Emnerne (1863) is about the dispute between Duke Skule and King Haakon.