It looks as if the Material Girl cares more about freedom than money, given her quickie divorce from ex-husband Guy Ritchie.

Liz Rosenberg, Madonna’s spokeswoman, told The Associated Press the settlement was in the range of 50 million to 60 million pounds ($76 million to $92 million) as part of their divorce agreement, a figure she said included the value of the couple's country home, Ashcombe House in western England, which Ritchie will keep. Rosenberg said the couple's west London pub - the Punchbowl - would also remain with Ritchie.

The pair was married in a lavish ceremony in December 2000 at Skibo Castle in the Scottish Highlands.

But in recent years, reports began to accumulate that their relationship was on the rocks. Over the summer, Madonna was linked - unfairly, she said - to the breakup of New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez and his wife, Cynthia.

Madonna and Ritchie announced their split in October after months of tabloid speculation. They were granted a preliminary divorce decree on Nov. 21 and the split is expected to become final in January.

Madonna, 50, and Ritchie, 40, have two sons: Rocco, 8, and David, 3, who was adopted from Malawi in 2006. Madonna's daughter, Lourdes, from her relationship with personal trainer Carlos Leon, is 12. The former couple is still trying to come to an amicable agreement about the custody of their children. Madonna wants her 3 children to grow up together, with her, in New York.

Their multimillion pound (dollar) settlement is about twice the size paid out in Britain's latest high-profile celebrity divorce, that of former Beatle Paul McCartney and model Heather Mills.

"I'd assume it's one of the largest payouts ever in a divorce settlement," Rosenberg said.