Edward the Elder Edward the Elder Edward the Elder (c. 874 – 17 July 924) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 899 until his death. He was the elder son of Alfred the Great and his wife Ealhswith. When Edward succeeded to the throne, he had to defeat a challenge from his cousin Æthelwold, who had a strong claim to the throne as the son of Alfred's elder brother and predecessor, Æthelred. Alfred had succeeded Æthelred as king of Wessex in 871, and almost faced defeat against the Danish Vikings until his decisive victory at the Battle of Edington in 878. After the
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