 Victor Koning was also managing director of the Théâtre de la Gaîté from 1 April 1868 to 13 March 1869 and of the Théâtre de la Renaissance from 1875 to 1882.On 19 June 1884 in Marylebone (England), he married  the actress Jane Hading, who he helped make her debut at the Théâtre du Gymnase the previous year in "Le Maître de forges", a huge theatrical and literary success.They divorced in 1888.