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Brnjača (; 1253– 1264) was a Serbian princess, the daughter of King Stefan Uroš I (r. 1243–76) and Queen Helen of Anjou. Her brothers were Stefan Dragutin (r. 1276–82) and Stefan Milutin (r. 1282–1321). By birth, she was member of the Nemanjić dynasty, ruling family of the Kingdom of Serbia.

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1250-01-01
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1264-00-00
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Brnjača (; 1253– 1264) was a Serbian princess, the daughter of King Stefan Uroš I (r. 1243–76) and Queen Helen of Anjou. Her brothers were Stefan Dragutin (r. 1276–82) and Stefan Milutin (r. 1282–1321). By birth, she was member of the Nemanjić dynasty, ruling family of the Kingdom of Serbia.

==Biography== The oldest depiction of her, when she was ca. 12 years old is in the 1264 fresco of the burial of Queen Anna Dandolo (d. 1258) at the monastery of Sopoćani (the endowment of her father), shown with a low crown, and clothing closed up to the throat, similar to the male clothing, decorated with pearls on piping, although her appearance is anachronistic. She is depicted in the narthex of Visoki Dečani, dating to ca. which dates to ca. to 1350, alongside later Nemanjić members Simeon Uroš and Teodora-Evdokija. and is one of the most notable examples of the Nemanjić family tree. She was a nun, and did not marry. She was buried at the Gradac Monastery (the endowment of her mother), in a tomb below her mother's sarcophagus.

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