Giovanni Renesi ( sq, Gjon Renësi; vec, Zuanne Renesi) was an ethnic

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

stratioti The Stratioti or Stradioti ( gr, στρατιώτες ''stratiotes''; sq, Stratiotë, Stratiotët;, it, stradioti, stradiotti, stratioti, strathiotto, strathioti; french: estradiots; sh, stratioti, stradioti; es, estradiotes) were mercenary u ...

captain, serving the

Kingdom of Naples The Kingdom of Naples ( la, Regnum Neapolitanum; it, Regno di Napoli; nap, Regno 'e Napule), also known as the Kingdom of Sicily, was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was ...

in the late 16th century. He participated in various war actions, counting in 1590 twenty-six years of service.

Biography

Giovanni was a member of the

family of

Renesi Renesi was a historical Albanian tribe from the region around Lezhë, in northern Albania. The Renesi were Catholic. Some members of the Renesi migrated in Dalmatia and settled in the city of Zara. They became a numerous and important stradiotic ...

, who originated from the region around Lezhë, in northern

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. Giovanni left his farm and homeland to follow the

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. In 1568 Giovanni and Teodoro Renesi asked for a salary from the

. Because of his services and his poverty, the

Council of Italy The Council of Italy, officially, the Royal and Supreme Council of Italy ( es, Real y Supremo Consejo de Italia, it, Reale e Supremo Consiglio d'Italia) was a ruling body and key part of the government of the Spanish Empire in Europe, second o ...

proposed to give him in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

five hundred

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at once. King

Philip II of Spain Philip II) in Spain, while in Portugal and his Italian kingdoms he ruled as Philip I ( pt, Filipe I). (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent ( es, Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from ...

accepted the Council's proposal and communicated it to the

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Pedro Afán de Ribera Pedro Afán de Ribera, 1st Duke of Alcalá de los Gazules, Virrey y Capitán General de Cataluña y Nápoles (died 1571), also known as Pedro Enriquez Afan de Ribera or Per Afán de Ribera y Portocarrero or Perafán de Ribera y Portocarrero, was a ...

. However Giovanni received the payment only after three years, when he asked the king again. Giovanni moved with his family from the Kingdom of Naples to

Corfu Corfu (, ) or Kerkyra ( el, Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, , ; ; la, Corcyra.) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The isl ...

. Around 1589-1590, at the request of his relative Pietro Renesi, Giovanni went to

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...

to participate in an assembly where he met three bishops and other personalities of the island. The assembly decided to encourage Giovanni to send king

a petition for help to fight against the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

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* *{{cite book, last=Xhufi, first=Pëllumb, chapter=L'Adriatico orientale alla vigilia di Lepanto, 1570-1571, trans-chapter=The Eastern Adriatic on the Eve of Lepanto, 1570-1571, title=L'Adriatico tra sogno e realtà, trans-title=The Adriatic Between Dream and Reality, editor1=Persida Lazarević Di Giacomo, editor2=Maria Rita Leto, publisher=Edizioni dell'Orso, year=2019, isbn=978-88-6274-936-7, issn=2612-5560, series=Studi interadriatici, volume=1, language=it, pages=41–64, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YLWmxgEACAAJ 16th-century Neapolitan people Ethnic Albanian people Military personnel of the Kingdom of Naples