Thocomerius,[1][2] also Tihomir,[3][4] was the father of Basarab, who would become the first independent voivode of Wallachia.
[1] 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;[3][4] others, such as Tudor Sălăgean, refer to him as a local potentate whose status cannot be specified.
[2] The diploma refers to "the schismatic Basarab, son of Thocomerius, our disloyal Vlach."
[2] The Hungarian László Rásonyi derives the name from a Cuman and Tatar name, Toq-tämir ("hardened iron"),[5] and refers to a Chingisid prince, Toktomer, mentioned in the Russian annals in 1295 as abiding in the Crimea.
[2] 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.