House of Champassak

Following in the footsteps of his cousin the King of Loungprabang, the Prince Nokasat Song, refused to acknowledge the rule of Setthathirath II.

A grandson of King Suliyavongsa, the prince had left Vientiane for Southern Laos upon the return of Setthathirath II.

Returning to Champassak, Prince Nyô saw a rebellion taking place and barely escaped out of the city.

They took their name from the city of Champassak, prefixed by the nobiliary particle na signifying of a former kingdom or tributary state of Siam.

At the time they were the national symbol and rallying point of the Laotian right centered around Prince Boun Oum na Champassak.

The Phra Phuttha Butsayarat or Phra Luk Buddha, palladium of the Kingdom of Champasak , Laos. The Phra Butsayarat was brought to the Kingdom of Lan Xang by King Setthathirath from the Kingdom of Lan Na in the 16th century, with several other significant statutes. In the 19th century the image was taken by the Kingdom of Siam to Bangkok . It currently resides in the Phra Buddha Rattanasathan (พระพุทธรัตนสถาน) ordination hall at the Grand Palace in Bangkok.