# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fernando-norzagaray-y-escudero
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:16:41.007Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fernando-norzagaray-y-escudero"
name: "Fernando Norzagaray y Escudero"
slug: "fernando-norzagaray-y-escudero"
description: "Fernando María Félix Mateo Juan Nepomuceno de Norzagaray y Escudero was a Spanish soldier and colonial governor. Of Basque descent, he was a lieutenant general before becoming the 104th Governor of Puerto Rico and the 78th Governor of the Philippines under Spanish colonial rule. He also had a political career in Spain. In 1840 he was briefly Minister of War. On his return to Spain in 1860, he was made a senator, but he died the same year."
tagline: "Governor-General of the Philippines, Governor of Puerto Rico (1808–1860)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Teniente_coronel_Fernando_Norzagaray.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1808-07-19"
deathDate: "1860-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.72
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.738481333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern%C3%A1ndo_Norzagaray"
    title: "Fernándo Norzagaray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88"
    title: "فيرناندو نورزاجاراى واى اسكوديرو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Norzagaray_y_Escudero"
    title: "Fernando Norzagaray y Escudero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Norzagaray_y_Escudero"
    title: "Fernando Norzagaray y Escudero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_de_Norzagaray"
    title: "Fernando de Norzagaray"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Norzagarai"
    title: "Fernando Norzagarai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern%C3%A1ndo_Norzagaray_y_Escudero"
    title: "Fernándo Norzagaray y Escudero"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3754501"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump