She was ennobled as Baroness von Waldenburg. In 1817 he was posthumously ennobled by the emperor Francis I of Austria. In October 1808 he was ennobled as a baron. In 2006 he was ennobled by the Belgian king as viscount. Kitchener was ennobled as a baron, Kitchener of Khartoum, for his victory. Wellesley was ennobled as Viscount Wellington of Talavera and of Wellington for the action. On New Year's Day 1938 he was ennobled as Viscount Nuffield. Earnestness is enthusiasm measured by achievement, disciplined by reason and ennobled by sincerity. In 1808 he was ennobled by Napoleon and became Duke of Valmy. In 1701 he was ennobled by Emperor Joseph I as "Freiherr" (Baron) of the Empire. Bartholomeus V. Welser was ennobled by the Emperor in 1532. The last ennobled was George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy in 1983. Christophe founded a College of Arms to provide armorial bearings for the newly ennobled. He was ennobled on his seventieth birthday. In 1900 he was ennobled and became a Ritter.