New details have emerged about the most eagerly awaited wedding of the year. The "Jornal de Notícias" (source in Portuguese) obtained access to the marriage record of 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 were four witnesses, as well as the couple's five children, as had initially been revealed by the agency representing the player. They included 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 reveals that the Portuguese footballer and his wife opted for the separation of property regime (source in Portuguese). Under this arrangement, each spouse generally retains as their own the assets they already owned before the marriage and any property they acquire afterwards.
However, the separation of property regime is not the default marital regime in Portugal and, in order to choose it, couples must conclude 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.
