# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hernando-arias-de-saavedra
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:24:17.451Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hernando-arias-de-saavedra"
name: "Hernando Arias de Saavedra"
slug: "hernando-arias-de-saavedra"
description: "Hernando Arias de Saavedra, 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, 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."
tagline: "Spanish colonial governor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Busto_de_Hernandarias_-_Villa_Hernandarias%2C_Entre_R%C3%ADos.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1561-09-10"
deathDate: "1634"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.09
  momentum:             13.25
  historical:           8.980925333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%B4%D0%B5"
    title: "Сааведра, Эрнандо Ариас де"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_Arias_de_Saavedra"
    title: "Hernando Arias de Saavedra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_Arias_de_Saavedra"
    title: "Hernando Arias de Saavedra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88_%D8%A3%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "هيرناندو أرياس دي سافيدرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_Arias_de_Saavedra"
    title: "Hernando Arias de Saavedra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_Arias_de_Saavedra"
    title: "Hernando Arias de Saavedra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_Arias_de_Saavedra"
    title: "Hernando Arias de Saavedra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_Arias_de_Saavedra"
    title: "Hernando Arias de Saavedra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_Arias_de_Saavedra"
    title: "Hernando Arias de Saavedra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_Arias_de_Saavedra"
    title: "Hernando Arias de Saavedra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1376588"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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