After isolated bilateral pacts between the leagues in the Grisons and some cantons of the confederation had already existed since the early 15th century, the federation of the Three Leagues as a whole became an associate state of the confederation, in 1498, by concluding alliance agreements with the seven easternmost cantons.
Tempo despois de que se estabelecesen pactos bilaterais illados entre as ligas dos Grisóns e algúns cantóns da confederación desde principios do século XV, a federación das Tres Ligas en conxunto pasou a ser un estado asociado da confederación en 1498, ao asinar alianzas cos sete cantóns orientais.