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I'll contribute with the only area I know anything about, Switzerland
As a source, I would suggest this map from the German Wikipedia: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Schweiz_Frühmia_Adel.svg
It shows the distribution about 1200, so some research would be necessary for a 1066 start. It's tricky, because in 1066 many of the areas covered by counties didn't really have any central authority, especially outside the Duchy of Swabia.
This would translate roughly to the following seven provinces:
Vaud (the western Savoyard holdings, in dark red)
Wallis (an independent Bishopric)
Bern (controlled by the von Zähringen, in green)
Aargau (controlled by the Habsburgs, in light red - there's no real unifiying name for this area, but Aargau is a nice comprompise)
St. Gallen (controlled by the Kyburgers, a local dynasty. In yellow)
Schwyz (an independent county in the center, probably a republic in 1200, don't know about earlier, really)
Chur (an independent bishopric)
As you can see, this would be more of a shuffling around of provinces, the names mostly stay the same.
Oh yes, and Grisons is really strange (was in CK1, too). Intuitively, I would understand Grisons as the part of modern Grisons not controlled by the Bishop of Chur (which was substantial), but it's location and being part of Lombardy suggest that it's meant to be the Ticino (which would make sense as well). I do suggest the later: rename it to Ticino, change the CoA to this (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellinzona - the CoA of Ticino was created in the 18th century).
PROV246;Grischun;Grischun;Grischun;;Grischun;;;;;;;;;x
c_grisons_adj;Grischun;Grischun;Grischun;;Grischun;;;;;;;;;x
b_bellinzona;Illanz;Illanz;Illanz;;Illanz;;;;;;;;;x
b_disentis;Disentis;Disentis;Disentis;;Disentis;;;;;;;;;x
b_locarno;Laax;Laax;Laax;;Laax;;;;;;;;;x
b_biasca;Splügen;Splügen;Splügen;;Splügen;;;;;;;;;x
b_domo;Flims;Flims;Flims;;Flims;;;;;;;;;x
b_lugano;Thusis;Thusis;Thusis;;Thusis;;;;;;;;;x
b_musso;Cumbel;Cumbel;Cumbel;;Cumbel;;;;;;;;;x
b_mendrisio;Mesocco;Mesocco;Mesocco;;Mesocco;;;;;;;;;x
PROV247;Chur;Chur;Chur;;Coira;;;;;;;;;x
c_chur;Churian;Chur;Churischer;;Coiranés;;;;;;;;;x
b_illanz;San Murezzan;San Murezzan;San Murezzan;;San Murezzan;;;;;;;;;x
b_thusis;Scuol;Scuol;Scuol;;Scuol;;;;;;;;;x
Well, I intended it mainly to represent Zähringen holdings, not the bishopric. I didn't mean to split it, only renaming, for the same reason you don't like Berne; Neauchatel wasn't really significant until the thirteenth century or so. There's really no big reason not to just keep it then.
It's only in the right geographical location in the mod, actually. In vanilla, it's right where Ticino would be (a bit too far north, actually, but it was clearly intended to represent that).
And even in the mod, I don't think it really fits. It should not only include the Grey League, but also the Ten Jurisdictions. Actually, I'm not sure it should be separate from Chur at all. All the Leagues only developed after the power of the bishop waned, so they would actually be in more or less the same place.
On the other hand, I definitely think we could make a case for a province Ticino. It doesn't make sense for Lombardy to extend that far north. Actually, we could make Ticino begin under the control of Chur, and have it be taken over by Lombardy around 1350 or so.
Are you sure you posted the modded baronies for Grisons? They look the same as in vanilla to me
. Keeping them wouldn't be THAT much of a catastrophy .. I think it's there in CK because the designers kept the map intentionally vague for a "medieval" feeling of mapmaking.
Well, AFAIK the Counts of Neauchatel ruled only over a tiny area (roughly the modern Canton, I think), which would make them Barons at most in CK terms, no? The main problem IMO is that the area of the current province really belongs to Savoy... The only reason they would have a county of their is that they weren't part of another duchy like Savoy or the Zähringen holdings. But I really think they are too small to be represented in the game; there are many, many other small landholders that would then have to be included as well... but it's not my decision, obviously
About Ticino, I think having them de jure Lombardy is ok. It was conquered by the Confederacy over a longs period at the end of the CK-period, their CB being "give it to us or else". There's no reason to make it easier for them to take.
And no, Vorarlberg shouldn't be in St. Gallen; my map wasn't meant to be that accurate yet
