From witnesses to property regime: new details on Cristiano and Georgina's wedding

The marriage certificate seen by 'Jornal de Notícias' shows that the high-profile couple chose separate property and that four witnesses attended, as well as the couple's five children. New details have emerged about the most eagerly awaited wedding of the year. The newspaper "Jornal de Notícias" (source in Portuguese) obtained the marriage certificate between 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 pm. Also present at the ceremony were four witnesses, in addition to the couple’s five children, as had initially been revealed by the agency representing the player. They were: Miguel Paixão, a friend of the footballer since his youth days at Sporting,Ivana Rodríguez, Georgina’s sister, and José Rodríguez Sangil and Mónica González Martínez, 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 perform the act. The document also shows that the Portuguese footballer and his wife opted for the separate property regime (source in Portuguese). Under this regime, spouses keep all their assets separate, both those they brought into the marriage and those acquired afterwards, which makes it possible to shield their property from third parties. The separate property regime is not the default marital regime in Portugal; a prenuptial agreement is required to confirm the consent of both parties to this arrangement. In this case, Cristiano and Georgina’s prenuptial agreement was signed the day before the ceremony at a notary’s office in Lisbon. undefined The couple, who have been together since 2016 and announced their engagement in August 2025, thus formalised a union that had been the subject of speculation for months. Contrary to what many had expected, Ronaldo and Georgina chose an intimate ceremony to formalise their union. In fact, on the previous Saturday, hundreds of people had gathered near Funchal Cathedral, in Madeira, where the footballer is from, convinced they might witness the wedding of one of the world’s most high-profile couples, which did not happen. The document recently 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.