To prevent the attempts of Setthathirath II, nephew of King Suliyavongsa, to unify the kingdom of
Lan Xang to include Vientiane and Loungprabang, the King of
Loungprabang requested aid from
Siam. The King of Siam intervened, granting Loungprabang independence from Lan Xang. 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. He asked the King of Siam to recognize Champassak's independence from Lanxang. Lan Xang was thus split yet even further into a total of three small kingdoms. During the rule of King Anouvong of the Kingdom of Vientiane, Anouvong placed his son Prince
Nyô on the throne of Champassak. During King Anouvong's rebellion against Siam, the former royals of Champassak started a rebellion against Prince Nyô while he was fighting against Siamese forces in Issan. Returning to Champassak, Prince Nyô saw a rebellion taking place and barely escaped out of the city. This escape was cut short after the former rulers tracked down Prince Nyô and handed him over to the Siamese. The King of Siam returned the former royal family to rule over Champassak. The name Champassak was given by
Vajiravudh, the King of
Siam, to descendants of
Chao Yuttithammathon (Kham Souk), the 11th king of the
Kingdom of Champassak. 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. They are descended from the rulers of the
Kingdom of Champassak and are also members of the
Khun Lo Dynasty, which was established by
Khun Lo. Originally, it was transliterated in English as
Na Champasakdi. During most of the 19th century the Kingdom of Champassak was a tributary of
Bangkok but was not a part of
Siam proper. ==Power and Wealth==