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Then we both agree that Jesus is a descendant of the House of David, right?

Well, while we're waiting for your response to that question, let's proceed from the obvious response of "yes" to the Queenship of Mary, okay? As Bible believing christians, we would all pose the same question ... so where is that in Scripture?

Let's take a closer look at the role of queen-mother in the Old Testament. Virtually every time a new king is enthroned in First and Second Kings, his mother is mentioned. Many kings had multiple wives, making it difficult to choose one to be queen so the king's mother was given the title and role.

In the Davidic monarchy, the queen-mother, or gevirah ("lady"; feminine form of gevir, "lord") played a very important role. King Solomon instituted this position when he enthroned his mother, Bathsheba, at his right hand (I Kings 2:19), and all his successors followed his example with their own mothers. This was the kings' way of fulfilling the Commandment to honor their mothers (Exodus 20:12)

Each time the Bible records a king of Judah, it mentions his mother (see I Kings 14:21; II Kings 14:2; 21:19; 23:36; 2 Ch 22:2) because she was the gevirah, and so had a special place in his court. The prophet Jeremiah sends a warning to both the king and his mother (Jer 13:18), and the Babylonians took both King Jeconiah and his mother away into captivity (2 Kings 24:15; Jer 29:2).

Jesus is the final Son of David, the rightful heir to King David's throne. He has exalted the Davidic dynasty into heaven itself, thus making it a truly everlasting kingdom (Ps 89:35-37). And, like His earthly forefathers, He has enthroned His Mother, Mary, at His right hand as the Gevirah of the Kingdom of heaven.

Consider, for example, the role of Bathseba, the wife of David and the mother of Solomon. When David was king and Bathsheba entered his presence, she bowed to the floor in homage to him and said, "My lord, King David, live forever!" (1Kings 1:31). But after David died and Solomon became king, Bathsheba went directly to him to ask a favor, and when she entered the room Solomon "stood up to meet her and paid her homage. then he sat down upon his throne, and a throne was provided for the king's mother, who sat at his right" (1Kings 2:19).

She no longer pays homage to the king; he pays homage to her and he seats her on his right, the position of authority. When Bathesheba told Solomon that she had a small favor to ask of him, the king said, "Ask it, my mother .... for I will not refuse you". (1Kings 2:20).

Jesus did not use these same words when His Mother told Him at Cana that the wine had run out, but He deferred to her wishes and performed a miracle at her request, even though His hour had not yet come. He continues to defer to the wishes of His Mother and queen in Heaven. Thus, the Catechism says (n. 966) that when Mary's earthly life was finished, she was "taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, and exalted by the Lord as Queen over all things, so that she might be more fully conformed to her Son, the Lord of lords and conqueror of sin and death' [Lg, n. 59; cf. Pius XII, Munificentissimus Deus (1950); DS 3903; cf. Rev. 19:16]."

In summary, Dr. Ludwig Ott said in his book, Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma (TAN Books) that "Mary's right ot reign as Queen of Heaven is a consequence of her Divine Motherhood. Since Christ, because of the hypostatic union, is a man the Lord and King above all creation (cf. Luke 1:32f; Apoc. 19:16), so Mary as 'the Mother of the Lord' (Luke 1:43) shares in the royal dignity of her Son, even if only in an analogical way. Furthermore, Mary's royal merit is based on her intrinsic connnnection with Christ in His work of Redemption. Just as Christ is also our Lord and King because He has redeemed us with His precious Blood (1Cor. 6:20; 1 Peter 1:18f.) so, in an analogical way, Mary is our Lady and Queen because she is the new Eve and has shared intimately in the redemptive work of Christ, the new Adam, by suffering with Him and offering Him up to the Eternal Father. Mary's sublime dignity as the Queen of Heaven and Earth make her supremely powerful in her material intercession for the children on earth".