The Renesi were a medieval Albanian tribe from the region around Lezhë, in northern Albania.
Some members of the Renesi migrated in Dalmatia and settled in the city of Zara.
[1] They became a numerous and important stradiotic family[2] serving the Republic of Venice in the Adriatic cities, as well as the Kingdom of Naples.
[2] Two settlements tied to, or founded by, the Renesi are attested in the Venetian cadastre of Scutari in 1416-7: Renesi (modern Renc) in Guri i Zi whose inhabitants are recorded as having left their village and settled around Drisht to avoid taxes, and Renise (likely corresponding to modern Mali i Rrencit) in Shëngjin which had a total of 13 households.
Branches of the Renesi had spread across north-western Albania and appear in Marsen (Marshej) in Malësi e Madhe, Bardh near Sheldi, Turk (possibly near modern Ganjollë), Valm in Shëngjin, and Zamoran in the lowlands of Shkodra.