Hernandarias (Hernando Arias d Saavedra)

Spanish colonial Governor

1561 CE to 1634 CE

Hernando Arias de Saavedra (September 10, 1561 – 1634), commonly known as Hernandarias, is a soldier and politician of criollo ancestry.

He is the first person born in the Americas to become a governor of a European colony in the New World, 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.

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