Thocomerius

Template:Short description {{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} Thocomerius,<ref name='ălăgean'>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name='Vásáry'>Template:Cite book</ref> also Tihomir,<ref name='Georgescu'>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name='Treptow'>Template:Cite book</ref> was the father of Basarab, who would become the first independent voivode of Wallachia.<ref name="ălăgean"/> Many Romanian historians, such as Vlad Georgescu and Marcel Popa, believe that Thocomerius was a voivode in Wallachia who succeeded Bărbat, who ruled around 1278;<ref name='Georgescu'/><ref name='Treptow'/> others, such as Tudor Sălăgean, refer to him as a local potentate whose status cannot be specified.<ref name="ălăgean" />

Name

Thocomerius' name is only known from a diploma issued by King Charles I of Hungary on 26 November 1332.<ref name='Vásáry'/> The diploma refers to "the schismatic Basarab, son of Thocomerius, our disloyal Vlach." ("Basarab, filium Thocomerii, scismaticum, infidelis Olahus Nostris").<ref name='Vásáry'/>

The Hungarian László Rásonyi derives the name from a Cuman and Tatar name, Toq-tämir ("hardened iron"),<ref name='Djuvara'>Template:Cite book</ref> and refers to a Chingisid prince, Toktomer, mentioned in the Russian annals in 1295 as abiding in the Crimea.<ref name='Vásáry'/> According to István Vásáry, even if Basarab’s father bore a Turkic name, this person can by no means be identified with a Chingisid prince, because being descended from Genghis Khan was a matter of such significance that no one could, or would have wanted, to conceal it.<ref name='Vásáry'/>

See also

• Țara Litua

Sources

• Djuvara, Neagu: Thocomerius – Negru Vodă. Un voivod de origine cumană la începuturile Țării Românești / Thocomerius – Negru Vodă: A Voivode of Cuman Origin at the Beginnings of Wallachia, Humanitas, 2007
• Georgescu, Vlad (Author) – Călinescu, Matei (Editor) – Bley-Vroman, Alexandra (Translator): The Romanians – A History; Ohio State University Press, 1991, Columbus; Template:ISBN
• Sălăgean, Tudor: Romanian Society in the Early Middle Ages (9th-10th Centuries); in: Ioan-Aurel Pop – Ioan Bolovan (Editors): History of Romania: Compendium; Romanian Cultural Institute (Center for Transylvanian Studies), 2006, Cluj-Napoca; Template:ISBN
• Treptow, Kurt W. – Popa, Marcel: Historical Dictionary of Romania (table ‘Rulers of Romania - Wallachia’); The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1996, Lanham (Maryland, USA) & Folkestone (UK); Template:ISBN
• Vásáry, István: Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185-1365; Cambridge University Press, 2005, Cambridge; Template:ISBN

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