# Night of the Long Knives

> apocryphal killing of native British chieftains by Anglo-Saxon mercenaries in the 5th century

**Wikidata**: [Q8762836](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8762836)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treason_of_the_Long_Knives)  
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