Stamp (surname)

The surname Stamp is the anglicized version of the French family name, d'Étampes,[1] which in turn is a locational derivation from Étampes (lat.

The mid-12th-century German colonization of the Siebenbürgen region (kartewanderung) found members of the d'Étampes Sippe tasked with developing and defending the southeastern border of the Kingdom of Hungary[2] - actions integral to the emergence of the Siebenbürger Sachsen, or Transylvanian Saxons,[3][4] who were afforded provisional autonomy under the Diploma Andreanum of 1224.

[5][6] In accordance with the official recognition of the Augsburg Confession by the Siebenbürgen synod in 1572, this d'Étampes sept was converted in its entirety from Roman Catholicism to Lutheranism.

[7] The earliest known alteration of the d'Étampes name on English record dates to 1191, with the Pipe Rolls of the City of London listing one John de Stampes.

The Château d'Étampes housed the royal seat of Robert II of France at the start of the 11th century.