12 years old[1] is in the 1264[2] 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,[3] although her appearance is anachronistic.

[8] The Old Serbian spelling of her name, as found on the Visoki Dečani family tree fresco, was БРЬНЧA.

Her name is variously rendered Brnjača (Брњача), Brnča (Брнча[9]), Brnjča (Брњча[10]), Bereniče (Берениче[3]), Prnjača (Прњача[10]), and Prnča (Прнча[11]).

He noted similarity with the placename Brnjak, and Slavic male name Prnjak, but was also inclined that it was derived from Veronica.

[10] It was earlier believed that Brnjača was the nickname of her mother (named so due to the main estate of her feudal state, Brnjak).