Complex sentence: In the same year, he was granted the noble title of baron by the Habsburgs owing to his merits in defending Christianity, as "Peter Freiherr von Parchevich".
Split into simpler sentences: In the same year, he was granted the noble title of baron by the Habsburgs owing to his merits in defending Christianity. As an Austrian noble, he was styled "Peter Freiherr von Parchevich".