Feb 26 Godfrey IV "the Hunchback", Duke of Lower Lorraine murdered (or Feb 27) Mar 21 Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011) Apr 27 William I, Bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of Count Floris I, dies May 31 Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria and the last Anglo-Saxon earl, beheaded after rebelling against William the Conquorer Dec 27 Prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027) 1075 Famous Deaths by Year 1077 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide