Adolf married Louisa Ulrika von Preussen in 1744. Louisa (daughter of Frederick William I ( king of Prussia) and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover) was born on 24 July 1720 in of Prussia; died on 16 July 1782 in Svartsjö Slott, Färingsö-Eiland, Zweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Gustaf III of SWEDEN was born in 1746 in Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden; died in 1792 in Stockholms, Sweden- assassinated at a masked ball.
2. Karl XIII King Of SWEDEN and NORWAY was born in 1748 in , Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden; died in 1818 in Royal Palace, Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden.
3. Friedrich Adolf HOLSTEIN-GOTTORP (maid. name Duke of Östergötland) was born in 1750 in Drottningholm Slott, Stockholm, Sverige; died in 1805 in Montpellier, France.
4. Albertina of HOLSTEIN-GOTTORP was born in 1753; died in 1829.