Adolf Ernst of Limburg Stirum (1622 - 3 October 1657) was a noble in what is now Germany. He was the count of Limburg Stirum and the son of Hermann Otto I of Limburg-Styrum.^[1] Adolf Ernst inherited the lordship of Gemen at the death of his father in 1644, creating the Limburg-Styrum-Gemen branch of the family. He remained lord of Gemen until his death in 1657.

He married in 1644 (Maria) Isabella countess von Vehlen und Meggen zu Raesfeld.^[1] She became regent of Gemen when Adolf Ernst was killed, until it passed to her eldest son in 1675. She died in 1692.

They had eight children:

• Hermann Otto, count of Limburg Stirum and Bronckhorst, Lord zu Gemen (killed in 1704);
• Gottfried Ferdinand of Limburg Stirum, who died in 1677;
• Maximilian Wilhelm of Limburg Stirum, died in 1728;
• Alexandrine, died in 1721;
• Charlotte (born 1651, died 1699) who married in 1692 count Christoph Dietmar von Schallenberg (died 1708);
• Wilhelmine (died 1722), married in 1677 count Karl Ludwig von Sinzendorf (died 1722);
• Anna (died 1723) married twice. First in 1678 count Ernst Wilhelm von Bentheim (who died in 1693), then in 1701 count Johann Oxenstierna af Croneborg (died 1733); and
• Adolfa Ernestine (died 1688) married in 1686 count Ferdinand Josef von Reinstein-Tattenbach (died 1712).