Cristiano Ronaldo marries Georgina Rodriguez in Madeira ceremony

Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez married on August 1, 2026, in Madeira, the Portuguese island where Ronaldo was born and raised. The ceremony took place at Funchal Cathedral, a historic church over 500 years old, with the reception held at the nearby five-star Savoy Palace hotel. The couple, who had been together for nearly a decade and share five children, had been engaged since August 2025.

Ronaldo, 41, and Rodriguez, 32, met in 2016 at a Gucci store in Madrid where Rodriguez worked as a sales assistant. The pair kept their relationship private initially before going public in January 2017. They have four children together—twins Eva and Mateo (born via surrogacy in 2017), Alana Martina (born 2017), and Bella Esmeralda (born 2022)—alongside Ronaldo's eldest son, Cristiano Jr., from a previous relationship.

The engagement occurred in August 2025 after Ronaldo proposed spontaneously when his two young daughters entered the room and encouraged him to give Rodriguez the ring. Rodriguez announced the engagement on Instagram with a photograph of their intertwined hands displaying a diamond ring, accompanied by the message "Yes, I do. In this and all my lives." In a late 2025 interview with journalist Piers Morgan, Ronaldo recounted the proposal and indicated the wedding would take place "after the World Cup," though he did not confirm an exact date publicly. Portugal was eliminated in the World Cup round of 16.

Prior to the ceremony, Ronaldo's sisters Elma and Katia Aveiro suggested in media interviews that the wedding had been postponed and no date was set, fuelling uncertainty about whether the event would occur. However, the wedding proceeded as scheduled in Madeira on August 1. Hotel guests at the Savoy Palace were informed that two floors and several bar areas would be restricted on Friday and Saturday for the reception.