Albert de Quintana i Combis

Albert de Quintana i Combis (11 November 1834 – 17 March 1907) was a Spanish landowner, politician, and poet. Politically, he was the provincial deputy for Girona several times during the 1870s and 1880s.

Early life and education Albert de Quintana y Combis was born in Torroella de Montgrí, Catalonia, on 11 November 1834, as the son of José Combis y Bertrán, a native of Peratallada, and Antonia de Quintana de Pouplana, from a family of landowners based in Montgrí. winning a "golden englantina" in the latter with the work Cansó del compte d'Urgell en Jaume, which was published in La Bisbal by the printing house of J. Gener. His contribution to the Floral Games did not stop at being a contestant, as he later served as a Consistory member in 1873 and even as president in 1874.

Landowning career Like many of his ancestors, Quintana managed extensive agricultural estates in Torroella de Montgrí and other parts of Empordà, focusing on cork production alongside other crops.

Personal life Quintana was married twice, first to Pompeya Serra y Padrosa, a native of Mataró, where the family lived for a few years, and the couple had four children: Pompeyo, María, Eugenia, and José.

Death Quintana died in Girona on 17 March 1907, at the age of 72. His work Les idees lliberals en la política española ("Liberal ideas in Spanish politics") was published posthumously in 1910.