Hernando Arias de Saavedra

Hernandarias
BornSeptember 10, 1561[1]
Died1634 (aged 72/73)
OccupationSpanish colonial Governor
SpouseJerónima de Contreras[1][2]
ChildrenGerónima, Isabel and María[1]
Parent(s)Martín Suárez de Toledo, María de Sanabria[1]

Hernando Arias de Saavedra (September 10, 1561 – 1634), commonly known as Hernandarias, was a soldier and politician of criollo ancestry. He was the first person born in the Americas to become a governor of a European colony in the New World,[3][4] serving two terms as governor of Governorate of the Río de la Plata, 1597–1599 and 1602–1609, and one of the Governorate of Paraguay 1615–1617.

  1. ^ a b c d "Hernandarias: Conquistador, gobernante y hombre de Dios" (in Spanish). Fundación Argentina del Mañana. Archived from the original on 2007-02-17. Retrieved 2007-02-25. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ Trelles, Manuel Ricardo (1879). Revista de la Biblioteca Publica de Buenos Aires (in Spanish). Buenos Aires.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Carlos Horacio Bruzera. "Catedral de Buenos Aires" (in Spanish). Primer Portal Argentino de Turismo Mundial. Archived from the original on 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
  4. ^ "Hernando Arias de Saavedra (Hernandarias)" (in Spanish). La Escuela Digital, Uruguay. Retrieved 2007-03-05.

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