Manuel Mayrink von Herrenhausen

Manuel Mayrink von Herrenhausen, Count of Drenthe (1561-1628), commonly known as Mayrink or Count Mayrink during his lifetime, was a Brunanter nobleman and militaryman, being the head of the Royal Guard from 1595 to 1626.

Mayrink was born to Martin Philip von Herrenhausen and his second wife, Catarina Mayrink, who was Portuguese but believed to be of distant Nordic origin. Mayrink was never a brilliant tactician, but only had to deal with occasional Barbary corsair attacks. He was one of the men behind the creation of the Royal Navy in 1613, but was quite irritated at the government only commissioning a single ship and not a whole fleet.