The bride's uncles, the prothonotary Giacomo, and his brother Don Nicola Gaetani were present.

Giulia's dowry consisted of three thousand gold florins, a large amount for that time.
The civil marriage of the young couple took place the following day, May 21st, in this same palace of the Borgias.

Many great nobles were present, among whom were specially mentioned the kinsmen of the groom, Cardinal Gianbattista Orsini and Raynaldo Orsini, Archbishop of Florence.

The young couple, as the season was charming, may have gone to Castle Bassanello, or, if not, may have taken up their abode in the Orsini palace on Monte Giordano.
Before her marriage Cardinal Rodrigo must have known, and often seen Giulia Farnese in the palace of Madonna Adriana, the mother of the young Orsini.

There, likewise, Lucretia, who was several years younger, made her acquaintance.