Karl von Staudt's parents were Sabine Maria Albrecht (1770-1857)
and Johann Christian von Staudt (1755-1828). Johann Christian
studied at Göttingen returning to Rothenburg where he became the
first city archivist. He married Sabine Albrecht in 1790 and
their son Karl was born in 1798. The family, which contained two
brothers older than Karl, lived in a home in the Herrengasse in
Rothenburg. When Karl was four years old, in 1802, Rothenburg
was annexed to Bavaria and this created a time of major
upheaval. Johann Christian became the legal council for the city
but major changes to the education system after the annexation
saw the creation of the four-year Latin school in Rothenburg
(now the Reichsstadt Gymnasium) which Karl attended. Completing
his studies there in 1813, since there was no high school in
Rothenburg for him to attend, he entered the famous Carolinum-
Alexandrinum Gymnasium in Ansbach (now the Gymnasium Carolinum)
in the autumn of 1813. Up to this time von Staudt had no clear
idea of the career he