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.
