After the death of his first wife, Prince Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken married on February 28, 1787 Catherine Kest, former handmaiden of his past mistress Baroness Amalie of Dorsberg.

To the opposition of the rest of the House of Nassau, Louis had coat of arms ceremoniously conferred upon Catherine, along with the title "Princess of Nassau-Saarbrücken".

Only eight years old, Adolph, while the last male survivor of the Nassau-Saarbrücken line, could not inherit the principality, as stipulated in the 30 June, 1783 Nassau Family Pact.

In March 1811 he joined as a cadet in the army of the Kingdom of Württemberg and first attended the Military Academy in Ludwigsburg.

In temperatures as low as -39 degrees, he was brought to the house of Rabbi Aron, where died of his injuries and frostbite the following night.

With his death, the family of Nassau-Saarbrücken was extinguished in the male line; He was survived by his mother, two married sisters, wife and daughter.

Only when many years later the Tsar invited her to his court in Moscow to inform her that his imperially-ordered investigation had turned up a grave, she resigned herself to the truth.