Hernando Arias de Saavedra
Hernandarias | |
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Asunción, Paraguay | |
Died | 1634 (aged 72/73) |
Occupation | Spanish colonial Governor |
Spouse | Jerónima de Contreras[1][2] |
Children | Gerónima, 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
Early life
Hernandarias was born in Asunción, colonial Paraguay as the second son of María de Sanabria and Martín Suárez, an officer under Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. He had a sister, Juana de Saavedra, who later married Juan de Garay, the father of Jerónima de Contreras.[5] His maternal grandparents were Diego de Sanabria and Mencia Calderón de Sanabria, who were wealthy from their holdings in Paraguay.[1]
He entered the military at an early age. He participated in the exploration and conquest of the territory of what is now
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In the same period, Hernandarias' half-brother, Hernando de Trejo, was named bishop of the Roman Catholic see of Asunción.
Governor of Rio de la Plata
In 1596 Hernandarias was elected as Lieutenant-Governor of the
Hernandarias served three terms as governor: 1597–1599, 1602–1609, and 1615–1617.
In 1603, Hernandarias changed the rules on
As Governor of the
Cathedral of Buenos Aires
Hernandarias was directly involved in the relocation of the church in Buenos Aires in 1603. On the construction of the Cathedral, Hernandarias wrote in a letter about the construction of the Cathedral:
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Official decrees
On September 7, 1614 Hernandarias was named governor of Buenos Aires for his third and final term. He assumed the post on May 29, 1615.
Marriage and family
In his personal life, he was married to Jerónima de Contreras[2] with whom he had three daughters: Gerónima, Isabel and María[1] Hernandarias retired with his wife to Santa Fe, Argentina, where he died in 1634 at the age of 72.[1] His remains and those of his wife were interred at the convent of San Francisco, in Santa Fe.[1]
Legacy
- The Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnelin Argentina.
Cattle introduction in the Banda Oriental
In 1604 Hernandarias traveled six month along Uruguay and Negro rivers looking for wood, coal and canes supplies on the Uruguay River Eastern Bank (Spanish: Banda Oriental). On his return to Buenos Aires he reported to King Felipe III of Spain describing those lands as excellent for cattle raising, and suggesting they be populated. The King didn´t heed his advice but in 1610 he deeded Hernandarias with the "Natural Peoples Protector" title and two islands at the confluence of Uruguay and negro rivers, present day Vizcaíno and Lobos islands. In 1611 Hernandarias disembarked fifty heifers and some bulls in Lobos Island and reached an agreement with the natives to protect animals with calves. He repeated the operation in 1617 with another fifty animals and the same number in San Gabriel Island on the Colonia coast. This act originated a great cattle herd in the region, the exploitation of which was determinant in the historical processes lending to colonization of present day Uruguay, so far overlooked by Spaniards.
The territory pastures proved to be very favourable for bovine reproduction, and the abundance of cattle attracted portuguese incursions from Brazil, Colonia del Sacramento foundation by Portugal (1678) and Montevideo foundation by Spain (1726).
References
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"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.
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Trelles, Manuel Ricardo (1879). Revista de la Biblioteca Publica de Buenos Aires (in Spanish). Buenos Aires.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c d e f 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.
- ^ a b c d e "Hernando Arias de Saavedra (Hernandarias)" (in Spanish). La Escuela Digital, Uruguay. Retrieved 2007-03-05.
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- ^ a b c d Vicente Fidel López (1898). "Manual de Historia Argentina" (in Spanish). pp. Section XXII/5, XXIII/4, XXIV/2. Archived from the original on 2007-09-01. Retrieved 2007-03-06.
- ^ López, Adalberto. "The Economics of Yerba Mate in Seventeenth-Century South America", in Agricultural History. Agricultural History Society 1974.
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Royal Madrid, Spain
- ^ Arbitration Upon a Part of the National Territory of Misiones Disputed by the United States of Brazil, volume 1, page 246, S. Figueroa, New York, 1893