Fils de Fernán Arias de Saavedra et de Leonor Martel de Peraza, il obtint la seigneurie de sa maison en raison de la mort prématurée de son frère Fernán ou Hernán en 1410. Il fut nommé maire de Jimena de la Frontera en 1431 et, en mars 1434, a pris le voisin Castellar dont il a également assumé la fonction de maire.
Connu sous le nom de “The Famous”, concernant ses activités, le chroniqueur Palencia a écrit que sa “vigilance et son courage extraordinaire ont désespéré ses ennemis, vaincus cent fois par lui”.
D’autres récompenses qu’il obtint -entre 1439 et 1447- de la confiance du roi Juan II de Castille et d’Álvaro de Luna, obtinrent la plus grande alfaquería de Castille, la place d’El Viso (malgré les protestations de Carmona, dont la juridiction appartenait) , la mairie de Séville, une mairie du pays de Séville et de la seigneurie de Castellar -tous deux en 1445-, et le corregimiento de Jerez.
Tout cela lui a donné un grand pouvoir qui lui a permis de signer des confédérations de paix et d’amitié avec de grands magnats andalous. Lorsque son étoile sembla briller plus haut, un basculement de frontière le réduisit en captivité et, en mars 1448, son hôte fut anéanti par l’armée ennemie près de la rivière Verde.
Il épousa Juan de Saavedra, comme on l’appelait aussi, avec Juana de Avellaneda Delgadillo, avec qui il eut sept enfants. Il fut le fondateur de la branche de la famille Saavedra -appelée del Castellar- une seigneurie élevée au rang de comté en 1539.
Le 23 mars 1456, il fonde un domaine avec El Viso et avec les maisons principales qu’il habite dans la collación de San Martín, à Séville. Il fut donc le premier seigneur d’El Viso de la branche des Arias de Saavedra.
Il a également collaboré avec les campagnes de Grenade du roi Enrique IV, rendant possible la récupération de Jimena, perdue en 1451, et organisant plusieurs entrées en terres ennemies depuis Castellar. Il mourut en 1458, peu de temps après avoir reçu l’ordre de démolir la forteresse d’Estepona, qu’il ne put exécuter.
Revue des Fêtes de la Sainte Croix. Association culturelle “Amis d’El Viso”. N° 3, mai 1991.
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