Wolf wrote, quoting Rick:
Also, I have found at least one history book which uses Grey Leagues instead of Graubuenden. I need to research further to find out how common this is however.
This certainly sounds weird to me : I'm not sure how the name was created, but seem to recall that "Grau" had nothing to do with the colour grey - I'll check this.
Gray Leagues it is, according to the Encyclopedia Brittanica: The Gotteshausbund ("League of the House of God"), founded in 1367 to stem the bishop's rising power, was followed in 1395 by the Oberbund, or Grauerbund ("Gray League") of the Upper Rhine Valley. The use of the word gray (German grau, French gris, Romansh grisch) in this context derived from the homespun gray cloth worn by the men and gave rise to the name of the Grisons, or Graub"unden ("Gray Leagues"), for the whole canton. ``Graub"unden'' Britannica Online. <http://www.eb.com:180/cgi-bin/g?DocF=micro/244/16.html> [Accessed 04 February 1998]. -- =Jim Eggert EggertJ@LL.mit.edu