Jean de Beck

Baron Jean de Beck (1588 – 30 August 1648) was a military man and governor of the Duchy of Luxembourg and of the County of Chiny.

In 1632 or 1633, he was promoted to major-general by Albrecht von Wallenstein and, in 1634, was appointed commander of the Prague garrison.

On 25 February 1634, he was ennobled by Emperor Ferdinand II for his service in the Imperial army.

The year after, he was made provisional governor of the Duchy of Luxembourg and the county of Chiny.

In the Battle of Lens, he was wounded on 20 August 1648 and transported to Arras, where he refused all medical care.

From 1610 he was married to Katharina von Capell, who survived him by some years and likely died in the late 1650s.