In 1863, Betnava became the summer residence of thebishops of Maribor and Lavant, having already been leased by the see for several decades.
Dvorec je menjal veliko lastnikov, kar so bile le plemiške rodbine, med njimi: Herbersteini, Khiessl, Auersperg, Ursini-Rosenberg, Szekely, Brandis in Dürr.