Crevecoeur (Fr., 'heart-breaker'), a once famous Dutch fort in the province of North Brabant, at the confluence of the Meuse and the Dieze, 4 miles NNW. of Bois-le-Duc. It figures in history from 1587 to 1794.
Crevecoeur
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 561
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