Alfred the Great his craving for what he desired the most, namely the liberal arts; for, as he used to say, there were no good scholars in the entire kingdom of the West Saxons at that time". In 868, Alfred married Ealhswith, daughter of a Mercian nobleman, Æthelred Mucel, Ealdorman of the Gaini. The Gaini were probably one of the tribal groups of the Mercians. Ealhswith's mother, Eadburh, was a member of the Mercian royal family. They had five or six children together including: Edward the Elder who succeeded his father as king; Æthelflæd who became Lady (ruler) of the Mercians in her
The Sons of Great Bear the same genre of "Indianerfilme", which for the large part also starred Mitić and became the studio's best known and most successful film series. Released for virtually every summer until the 1980s, they included such pictures as "Chingachgook, die große Schlange", "Spur des Falken", "Weiße Wölfe", "Tödlicher Irrtum", "Osceola", "Tecumseh", "Ulzana", "Kit & Co", "Blutsbrüder", "Severino" and "Der Scout". They also featured the basic theme of "The Sons of Great Bear", setting the just Native Americans against the corrupt U.S. government and settlers. Mitić's films gained cult following in East Germany, and also in the Soviet Union and the Eastern