Witnesses and separate property: new details of Cristiano and Georgina's marriage

Published on 14/08/2026 - 9:51 GMT+2•Updated 17:00

New information has emerged about the most eagerly awaited wedding of the year. The "Jornal de Notícias" (source in Portuguese) obtained the marriage certificate for Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez, reporting that the civil ceremony took place at the couple's home in Cascais on Tuesday 11 August, at 1.30 p.m.

Also present at the property, in addition to their five children, as had initially been disclosed by the agency representing the player, were four witnesses. They were Miguel Paixão, a friend of the footballer since his youth days at Sporting, Ivana Rodríguez, Georgina's sister, and Jose Rodríguez Sangil and Monica Gonzalez Martinez, a Spanish jeweller and his wife.

The marriage was formalised by Maria Manuel Folhadela de Oliveira, a registrar who travelled from the city of Porto to conduct the ceremony.

The document also reveals that the Portuguese footballer and his wife opted for the separation of assets regime (source in Portuguese). Under this arrangement, each spouse generally retains ownership of the assets they already held before the marriage and of any property they acquire afterwards.

However, the separation of assets regime is not the standard model for marriages in Portugal and, to choose it, couples must enter into a prenuptial agreement. In Cristiano and Georgina's case, the document shows that this agreement was signed the day before the ceremony, at a notary's office in Lisbon.

Furthermore, according to the document seen by "Jornal de Notícias", neither of them took the other's surname after the wedding, and they continue to list the Saudi capital, Riyadh, as their usual place of residence.

The couple, who have been together since 2016 and announced their engagement in August 2025, have thus formalised a relationship that had been the subject of speculation for months.

And, contrary to what many had expected, Ronaldo and Georgina opted for a low-key ceremony to take this step. In fact, on the previous Saturday, hundreds of people had gathered near Funchal Cathedral, in Madeira, where the footballer was born, convinced they might witness the wedding of one of the world's most high-profile couples, which ultimately did not happen.

The document now released by "Jornal de Notícias" does not list Dolores Aveiro, Cristiano Ronaldo's mother, nor the footballer's sisters, Elma and Katia Aveiro, among those present at the ceremony.